Italian Sausage Pasta with Broccoli
This easy recipe for pasta with Italian sausage and broccoli is flavorful and dairy-free. It’s ready in 30 minutes which makes it great for weeknight dinners! Try it with bow tie pasta or penne.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 650kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian sausage casings removed
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes optional
- 1 pound farfalle pasta
- 1 head broccoli chopped
- 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast *see notes
Instructions
- Cook the pasta. In a large pot, bring salted water to a boil for the pasta. Cook the farfalle according to package directions, adding the broccoli to the pot 4 minutes before straining.
- Brown the sausage. Heat a large, nonstick skillet to medium-high. Add the sausage meat and brown, breaking it into small pieces. Continue cooking, stirring as needed until the sausage is golden brown and caramelized.
- Make the sauce. Add olive oil, garlic and crushed red pepper. Reduce heat and continue cooking until the pasta is ready. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water before straining the pasta and broccoli.
- Toss everything together. Add broccoli and farfalle to the skillet – adding 1/4 cup of pasta water at a time until the sauce has reached the right consistency. Stir in the nutritional yeast before serving.
Notes
*If you want to use parmesan cheese instead of nutritional yeast, you'll want to use double the amount, or 1/4 cup.
Nutrition
Calories: 650kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 32g | Cholesterol: 57mg | Sodium: 592mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin C: 92mg