Y’all, today I had to share with you one of the best pasta dishes I’ve ever made and it’s from none other than my HERO, Ina Garten. If y’all have been following me for a while, you might know that I adore Ina Garten. She is simply everything that I aspire to be, especially after trying this rigatoni dish of hers. 😉
You can find the original recipe in her cookbook “Cooking for Jeffrey” and here as well on the Food Network website.
I adapted the recipe a little bit to my personal taste by doubling the amount of garlic, fennel, and red pepper flakes her recipe calls for. Y’all have to try it, it is the PERFECT fall/winter dish. Warm, comforting, hearty, it’s everything and more that you could ask of in a pasta dish.
I made it using the same sausage I bought from my local farmers market that I love. I also used it last time I made this pasta dish!
If you don’t like the taste of cooked wine in your sauce (which it’s pretty mild especially since it’s white wine) you could probably sub the wine for vegetable stock.
And obviously, if you don’t love rigatoni, you could try it with a different pasta like penne!
I love a good traditional red meat sauce, but there is just something truly special about a pink sauce. It is truly heavenly.
If you give this dish a try, please comment and let me know or tag me in a picture of how it turned out on Instagram (@saraannsutton)!
Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the fennel and onion and saute for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Add the sausage and cook for 7 to 8 minutes, crumbling it, until nicely browned. Add the garlic, crushed fennel seeds, red pepper flakes, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon black pepper and cook for one minute. Pour in the wine, bring to a boil, and add the heavy cream, half-and-half, and tomato paste. Bring back to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 20 minutes, until the sauce has thickened.
Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to a boil, add a generous amount of salt, and cook the rigatoni according to the directions on the package.
Drain rigatoni and add to the sauce, stirring to coat the pasta. Cook over low heat for 5 minutes to allow the pasta to absorb the sauce. Off the heat, stir in the parsley and parmesan
Serve with more grated parmesan if desired
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This is delicious, but if you use chicken sausage you save a lot of calories. I seem to be incapable of cooking sausage so it comes out small, so I put the chicken sausage in the food processor quickly to do that. After it’s cooked, of course.
Why would you ever change one of her recipes? And saving calories? It has heavy cream, half and half, pasta and cheese. I would rather have full flavor then save a few calories with chicken sausage. Just saying 😊
Excellent flavor. And easy