Pork Sausage Pasta

Ingredients
1 pound fusilli or other short pasta
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound Italian sausage, casings removed
¹⁄₂-1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon oregano
1 cup white wine
Zest of 1 lemon
Juice of 1 lemon
2 tablespoon butter
¹⁄₄ cup Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped

Instructions
1. Bring large pot of water to boil and cook pasta as instructed by packaging.  Drain well. 

2. Heat olive oil in large skillet over medium heat and add sausage.  Cook, breaking sausage into small pieces, for 2 to 3 minutes.  Add red pepper flakes and continue cooking until meat is cooked through.  Add oregano and white wine.  Cook until wine is reduced by half.  Reduce heat to low and add lemon zest and juice. 

3. Toss pasta with sausage mixture.  Add Parmesan, butter, and stir until butter has melted and everything is well distributed.  Garnish with additional Parmesan and parsley. 

Comments
This recipe is from Let’s Start Simple.  It not only looked delicious, the recipe was nice and simple.  It proved to be both!  And, much to my surprise, Lance loved it.  He’s not normally a sausage lover but he said I could make this often and he’d be happy. 

While the dish has great flavor as it is, I could see adding some oil packed sundried tomatoes for a little extra kick if desired in the future.

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