Pasta With Roasted Peppers, Sausage, & Goat Cheese
This pasta with roasted peppers, chicken sausage, and a creamy goat cheese sauce has become a family favorite over the years...delicious, hearty, indulgent, and super easy!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time25 minutesmins
Course: Main Dishes
Cuisine: Italian
Servings: 6servings
Ingredients
16ouncesof fun curly or ruffly pastaI like trottole, gigli, etc.
4ouncesof fresh goat cheeselog, not crumbles
Chicken sausage linksI use Trader Joe's sun-dried tomato ones
2-3clovesof minced garlic
Chopped rosemary
Orange & yellow bell pepper
1small-ish red onion
Olive oil
Fresh-ground salt and pepper
Instructions
Chop up your veggies into slightly bigger-than-bite-size pieces (they shrink a little as they roast) and toss on a baking sheet lined with foil. Drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with fresh-ground salt and pepper.
Bake the veggies at 425 F for around 20 minutes, until they're nice and a little shriveled and browned.
While the veggies are roasting, cut the sausages into coins and saute for a couple minutes in some olive oil til golden. Throw in the garlic and chopped rosemary as well.
Boil water for the pasta, then add salt and the pasta. Cook until al dente, likely 6-9 minutes. Save like a half-cup of pasta water to help thin out your sauce and make it stick better, then drain the rest of the pasta.
Chop or break up the goat cheese into a bowl and add the roasted veggies, sausage, and cooked pasta. Start to toss, adding a little pasta water as needed to get a good thick and even coating. Serve hot.