Rustic Walnut Rapini Pasta

Name: Rustic Walnut Rapini Pasta
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 lb hot Italian sausage, meat, crumbled; 1 cup red onion, sliced; 4 garlic cloves, monced; 1 cup walnut halves, toasted; 1/2 lb rigatoni pasta; 5 cups rapini, roughly chopped; 1 tablespoon lemon zest; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup pecorino cheese, grated; chili flakes

Submitted by Chef mariajane

"This flavorful dish is the perfect comfort food for a chilly winter day. The Italian sausage, combined with a savoury blend of garlic, onion, lemon zest, is perfectly topped with toasted walnuts. So very good!!"

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 4

ingredients

¹⁄₂ lb hot Italian sausage, meat, crumbled
1 cup red onion, sliced
4 garlic cloves, monced
1 cup walnut halves, toasted
¹⁄₂ lb rigatoni pasta
5 cups rapini, roughly chopped
1 tablespoon lemon zest
¹⁄₂ cup parmesan cheese or 1/2 cup pecorino cheese, grated
chili flakes

directions

In large skillet, brown sausage meat over medium-high heat, breaking up pieces with the back of a spoon. Add onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute. Stir in walnuts.
Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions. Add rapini during the last minute of cooking. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water in a measuring cup.
Drain pasta and rapini in a colander.
Add reserved pasta water, lemon zest, and Parmesan cheese in the walnut mixture. Stir in pasta and rapini.
Serve with additional Parmesan cheese and chili flakes, if desired.

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Chef mariajane

I am a 56 year old Gramma that, for the first time in my life, has purchase myself a computer, and I didn't know what i was missing!! I have a husband tha I adore, and 4 grandchildren that of course surpass all others - lol - I am disabled, and am an at home person, so I have a lot of time on my hands, to play with my recipes, and I am enjoying every bit of it - My husband will eat anything that I cook, so I have carte blanche as far as that goes, so I have a great time trying out new recipes. Paula Deen has published some of my favorite cookbooks, her recipes are easy and quick to do. Her sweets are fantastics, especially her pound cakes, Yummm I guess the dish that I am famous for is my Christmas ham - my family all comes home for Christmas, and if i don't have my ham they are dissapointed, and my grandson wants the pistachio squares!!! so I guess that is the dishes that I'm famous for.

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