Description
After coming across this beautiful lamb sausage at a local shop, I knew I wanted to come up with a few creative dishes to utilize it. That’s how this Strozzapreti Pasta with Lamb Sausage, Chilies & Olives came to be.
Ingredients
Scale
- ½ lb strozzapreti pasta, or pasta of choice
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
- 8 oz Italian lamb sausage, removed from casing, or ground lamb*
- 1–2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1–2 fresno chilies, thinly sliced
- ¼ cup castelvetrano olives, pitted, roughly chopped
- ¼ cup grana padano or parmigiano reggiano cheese, freshly grated, plus more for serving
- 1/3 cup parsley leaves and tender stems, roughly chopped
- Kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook until al dente. Drain, reserving one cup of cooking water.
- Brown sausage: While the pasta cooks, heat oil in a large sauté pan over medium to medium-high heat. Add sausage, breaking up in the pan, and cook 6-8 minutes or until well-browned.
- Make sauce & toss pasta: Reduce heat to medium. Stir garlic into sausage and sauté for 30 seconds. Stir in chilies and olives. Toss pasta in sausage mixture. Stir in cheese with a splash of reserved pasta water, or more as needed. Sauté about 2-3 minutes, or until mixture thickens. Toss in parsley. Taste and adjust seasoning, if needed.
- Serve: Drizzle over finishing oil and top with more grated cheese. Enjoy.
Notes
If using ground lamb, season generously with salt and pepper while browning in pan.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Pasta
- Method: Saute
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/3 of pasta
- Calories: 318
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 384mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 15g