Whole-Wheat Penne With Sausage, Chard, and Artichoke Hearts
"From Martha Stewarts Body+Soul magazine. "Choose Italian-style chicken sausage, either sweet or hot, for this recipe. If the sausage is pre-cooked, chop it into bit sized bits and saute to brown it." I plan to skip the oil and probably use canned artichoke hearts."
- Ready In:
- 1hr 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- coarse salt and black pepper
- 12 ounces whole wheat penne
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3⁄4 lb chicken sausage, removed from casing
- 1 (9 ounce) box frozen artichoke hearts, thawed
- 1 lb swiss chard, cleaned stems and leaves separated and chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄3 cup sun-dried tomato, sliced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 3⁄4 cup grated parmesan cheese, plus more for serving (about 2 ounces)
- 1⁄3 cup chopped fresh basil leaf
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
directions
- Set a large pot of salted water to boil for pasta. Meanwhile, in a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium. Add sausage and cook, stirring occasionally and breaking sausage into pieces, until cooked through and lightly browned, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Add remaining oil, chard stems, artichoke hearts, and garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook until chard stems soften slightly, 3 to 5 minutes. Add chard leaves and cook, stirring, until wilted, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Add pasta to boiling water; cook until 2 minutes short of al dente. Add sun-dried tomatoes and cook 2 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta water and drain pasta; return to pot.
- Pour half of reserved pasta water into a small bowl. Add tomato paste and whisk to combine. Add tomato paste mixture, sausage mixture, Parmesan, basil, and red pepper flakes to pasta in pot. Toss to combine, adding reserved pasta water if necessary. Season with salt and pepper.
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Reviews
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I've never used chard before but happened to get some in my CSA basket. I didn't really taste the chard or the artichokes. Maybe a day in the fridge will make it more flavorful. Next time I will try chorizo or ground beef with jack or mozzy cheese! Thanks for a wonderful lunch. -
Yummy! A great way to use chard (which I had some to use). If anything, I added too much salt, but other than that, my 5-year-old loved it as much as me! -
Well, this was a big hit at our house. I used regular penne, instead of whole wheat and did not use the stems from the swiss chard… other than that I pretty much followed the recipe. All the flavors really complemented each other. Will make again!
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Well, this was a big hit at our house. I used regular penne, instead of whole wheat and did not use the stems from the swiss chard other than that I pretty much followed the recipe. All the flavors really complemented each other. Will make again!
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