{"id":127,"date":"2018-02-05T22:22:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T22:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/05\/2018-2-16-pasta-with-sausage-kale-and-lemon\/"},"modified":"2023-02-02T23:09:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T23:09:26","slug":"2018-2-16-pasta-with-sausage-kale-and-lemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/05\/2018-2-16-pasta-with-sausage-kale-and-lemon\/","title":{"rendered":"PASTA WITH SAUSAGE, KALE, AND LEMON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I crave this dish at least once a week. It&#8217;s originally the product of weeknight desperation when we were low on ingredients. I started experimenting and came up with this. The beautiful thing about Italian sausage is that it&#8217;s so flavorful on its own that it doesn&#8217;t need to be paired with much else. I also love that this recipe can be adapted in a hundred ways and still be delicious. Sometimes I use baby spinach instead of kale, or a different kind of Italian sausage, or I add some pan-crisped garlicky breadcrumbs&#8230;the possibilities are endless!<\/p>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a58c601aeb625214fc6d727\/1518818364738-U5417SDS0II5KD7Z3S3U\/fullsizeoutput_2df.jpeg\" alt=\"fullsizeoutput_2df.jpeg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a58c601aeb625214fc6d727\/1518818364738-U5417SDS0II5KD7Z3S3U\/fullsizeoutput_2df.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5a8754339140b722dad03389\" data-type=\"image\" \/><strong style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Pasta with Sausage, Kale, and Lemon<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">serves 4<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pkg fusili or rotini noodles<\/li>\n<li>1 cup reserved pasta water<\/li>\n<li>1 lb Italian sausage, casings removed (use whatever kind you like; I like the chicken sicilian sausage from Trader Joe&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 large handfuls kale, ribs removed and torn in small pieces<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 c lemon juice (about 1 1\/2 lemons), plus the zest of 1 lemon<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 c finely grated parmesan cheese, plus more for garnish<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 chopped fresh basil<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>Boil and salt a pot of water. Add noodles and cook until slightly underdone.<\/li>\n<li>While noodles cook, heat another large saucepan over medium-high heat. If using chicken sausage, add a tablespoon of olive oil to the bottom of the pan. Add sausage, and press it into the bottom of the pan. Allow to brown 1 minute, then sprinkle garlic on top and continue to brown. Using a wooden spatula, break sausage up into bite-size pieces.<\/li>\n<li>Before draining pasta,\u00a0<strong>reserve 1 cup of the water you cooked the pasta in!<\/strong>\u00a0(Don&#8217;t forget this step, it&#8217;s key!) When pasta is just underdone, add the drained noodles to the pot containing the sausage. Top with kale and stir to combine. Add lemon juice and zest and about 1\/2 c of the reserved pasta water. Stir in the cheese, and add kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Tasting as you go, add more pasta water until you have a silky sauce coating the noodles.<\/li>\n<li>Serve pasta in bowls, and top each serving with fresh basil and more grated cheese.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n\n        \" data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a58c601aeb625214fc6d727\/1518819698036-HEI3GO71J590B2WPMDJH\/fullsizeoutput_2e0.jpeg\" alt=\"fullsizeoutput_2e0.jpeg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5a58c601aeb625214fc6d727\/1518819698036-HEI3GO71J590B2WPMDJH\/fullsizeoutput_2e0.jpeg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"5a87596824a69413ba957b1a\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \" style=\"max-width: 2500px;\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-block-wrapper\" data-animation-role=\"image\" data-animation-override=\"\">\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"product-block\">\n<div class=\"image-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cecco-Pasta-Organic-Fusili-500\/dp\/B003OVPDIG?SubscriptionId=AKIAIOCEBIGP6NUBL47A&amp;tag=simmerandslic-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B003OVPDIG\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51hDI52rXDL.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"productDetails center\">\n<p><a class=\"buy-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cecco-Pasta-Organic-Fusili-500\/dp\/B003OVPDIG?SubscriptionId=AKIAIOCEBIGP6NUBL47A&amp;tag=simmerandslic-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=B003OVPDIG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-animation-role=\"button\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"sqs-amazon-button sqs-system-button sqs-editable-button sqs-button-element--primary\"><br \/>\nBuy on Amazon<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I crave this dish at least once a week. It&#8217;s originally the product of weeknight desperation when we were low on ingredients. I started experimenting and came up with this. The beautiful thing about Italian sausage is that it&#8217;s so flavorful on its own that&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/05\/2018-2-16-pasta-with-sausage-kale-and-lemon\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,250],"tags":[255,258,257,96,249,256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simmerandslice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}