Fresh Pasta with Favas, Tomatoes, and Sausage
A hearty Italian pasta dish combining fresh pasta with Italian sausage, fava beans, and plum tomatoes in a savory white wine sauce, finished with Pecorino Romano cheese.
Ingredients
- •2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- •½ cup onion
- •2 cloves garlic
- •⅛ teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- •½ pound Italian sausages
- •¼ cup dry white wine
- •1¾ cups plum tomatoes
- •1 cup fava beans
- •¾ pound fresh pasta sheets
- •2 tablespoons Pecorino Romano cheese
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add next 3 ingredients. Sauté until onion is translucent, about 6 minutes. Add sausages; break up with fork. Sauté until brown, about 3 minutes. Add wine; simmer 1 minute, scraping up browned bits. Add tomatoes and fava beans. Sauté until tomatoes soften, about 5 minutes. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
15 min
- 2.
Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain, reserving 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid. Return pasta to same pot.
10 min
- 3.
Add sauce to pasta. Toss over medium heat until sauce coats pasta, adding reserved cooking liquid as needed if dry, about 2 minutes. Mix in 2 tablespoons cheese. Transfer pasta to bowl. Serve, passing additional cheese.
2 min
