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.

4 servings
27 min

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
  • ½ pound Italian sausages
  • ¼ cup dry white wine
  • cups plum tomatoes
  • 1 cup fava beans
  • ¾ pound fresh pasta sheets
  • 2 tablespoons Pecorino Romano cheese

Cooking Instructions

  1. 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. 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. 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

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