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Two Pot Fusilli & Sausage

This easy two pot dish is a delicious addition to your Italian dinners.
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Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound loose Italian sausage sweet or spicy, your choice
  • 1 8 oz jar sun-dried tomatoes in olive oil tomotoes cut in slices, but save the oil!
  • 1 13.75 oz can, artichoke hearts I buy what's least expensive and cut up myself!
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 16 oz dried fusilli cooked according to package
  • 2 C chicken stock
  • 1 C dry white wine use what you drink!
  • 3/4 C shredded parmesan cheese plus extra to top serving
  • 1 ball fresh mozzarella cheese, cubed
  • 1/2-1/3 C fresh basil cut in chiffonade
  • salt & pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. In separate large pot, begin cooking fusilli according to package instructions in heavily salted water.
  2. In a separate large skillet, heat 3 T of oil from the sun-dried tomatoes. Add Italian sausage and cook until done. Remove sausage to a bowl. In same skillet, add artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic. Saute' until garlic begins to soften. Add chicken broth and wine, and bring to a boil. Continue boiling until the liquid reduces by a quarter. Reduce to simmer, and add sausage back in. When fusilli is done cooking, add the pasta directly to skillet and stir in. Do not rinse the fusilli. Add salt and pepper to taste (approximately 1 tsp of salt and 8-10 cranks on a pepper mill.)
  3. Add shredded Parmesan, and toss together. Add cubes of mozzarella and fresh basil, and toss again. Transfer to serving dish, top with a bit more shredded Parmesan and fresh basil, and serve immediately.

Notes

Vegetarian Alternative
Replace Italian Sausage with Italian Tofu Sausage. Often this is in link form. Simply break it up in your skillet, or 1/2" slices work o.k. too.
Replace Chicken Broth with Vegetable Broth
Carb/Gluten Watchers
Lentil or Brown Rice Pasta works just fine in this recipe.
Non-Alcohol Cooking
You can skip the wine OR replace it with an alcohol-free white wine (my preference because the wine gives it just a little bit of a sweet undertone).