Mediterranean Sausage And Pasta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb penne rigate
• 6 italian sausages
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 (28 ounce) can cut tomatoes with basil
• 1 (13 3/4 ounce) can whole artichoke hearts in brine, drained and cut into quarters
• 1 (10 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach, thawed and water drained
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can kidney beans
• salt & fresh ground pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 make pasta according to box directions cooking to al dente. drain and set aside.
• 2 in a deep frying pan, poke several holes in the skin of the sausage links and cook on medium-high heat until browned on both sides and no longer pink in the middle. remove and set aside on paper towels.
• 3 lower the heat to medium and brown the garlic in the sausage oil for a couple minutes. add the tomatoes, artichoke hearts, and spinach. mix well, heating throughout. while this is cooking, cut the sausage links into bite-sized rounds. add to the mixture and simmer. lastly, add the beans just to heat through being careful not to mash them while stirring. season with salt & pepper to taste.
• 4 toss with pasta and serve warm with frash bread.