Lemony Italian Sausage Pasta w/ Kale

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Simple ground turkey recipes are becoming a favorite of mine. If you have pasta in your pantry, try this Lemony Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta with Kale. To add spiciness to this recipe, I added some dried red hot chili pepper. I used sweet Italian turkey sausage and sauteed the sausage until it was fully cooked and had a nice brown color. This pasta dish recipe would be perfect for any weeknight with just a little time after work. Pop the leftovers in the fridge or freezer and you’ll have a quick meal ready for lunch. If you are looking for more pasta recipes, check out this creamy pasta sausage with kale recipe.

Lemony Spicy Italian Sausage Pasta

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

Total Time

25 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 2

Ingredients

1/2 pound Sweet Italian Turkey Sausage
1 bunch Kale cut into small pieces
2 cups Uncooked Farfalle Pasta
4 tablespoons Olive Oil
5 cloves Garlic sliced
1 teaspoon Dried Red Chili Pepper Flakes add more according to your liking
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning
Salt/Pepper to taste
1/2 Lemon Juiced (add more according to your liking)
Parmesan Cheese

Instructions

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over moderate high heat then cook sausage, use a spoon to break any lumps and continue to cook until browed for about 7 minutes. Remove from the skillet and set aside.
Blanch kale in a salted boiling water, uncovered for about 2 minutes. Remove kale from the heat and drain well.
Cook pasta in a salted boiling water, uncovered until al dente. Remove from the heat, drain well and reserve 1/4 cup pasta cooking water for later use.
Add 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet, stir in garlic, saute until it’s fragrant.
Add red chili pepper, Italian Seasoning and cooked turkey sausage, then keep stirring. Cook for about 1 minute.
Add kale, pasta and 1/4 cup reserved cooking water and lemon juice to skillet. Cook for about 2-3 minutes.
Season with salt/pepper to taste.
Stir in cheese, remove from the heat and serve immediately.

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17 Comments

kage2015

Mar 7, 2017 at 11:11 pm

This seems like a pretty straight forward pasta dish to make after looking over your recipe. We enjoy using the kale but might substitute spinach sometimes. The sweet sausage give a great flavor and using the fun bow tie pasta makes the dish stand out.