Italian Sausage Pasta

Ingredients:

• 0.5lb mild or hot (or mix) Italian chicken sausage
• 2 servings of whole wheat pasta
• 1-2 kale leaves
• 1 small onion
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup of heavy cream or half-half
• 4 tablespoons of grated parmigiano reggiano cheese plus more for dressing
• Oil for frying
• Ground black pepper to taste
• Salt to taste

How to prepare, step-by-step:

1. Prepare ingredients:

   

2. Bring a pot of water to boil, salt water to taste, add pasta in and start cooking (until al-dente):

   

3. Warm up a deep skillet with a bit of oil, peel and chop onion, transfer it to the skillet and fry until lightly colored over moderate heat, stir from time to time:

   

4. Add chopped garlic, fry onions and garlic together for about 1 min:

   

5. Scoop onions and garlic mix to a side of the skillet, add all sausage and flatten it up, using spatula separate it into smaller portion pieces and fry from one side until colored:

   

6. Then flip to another and fry:

   

7. And mix meat with onions and garlic:

   

8. By this time pasta should be cooked already (but check its readiness and cook more if needed), drain pasta using colander and set aside:

   

9. Pour cream (or half-half) in:

   

10. Add 4 tablespoons of parmigiano reggiano cheese:

    

11. Mix everything and let it all cook over slow simmer (adjust heat if needed) for 3 mins or so:

    

12. The chop kale leaves (discard hard stem parts) and add them to the skillet:

    

13. Mix everything and season with salt and ground black pepper to taste:

    

14. Add cooked pasta:

    

15. Mix again and let everything cook together for a minute of two:

    

16. Turn heat off, Italian Sausage pasta is ready:

    

17. Serve it on pasta plate dressed with a bit more parmigiano reggiano cheese: