This indulgent creamy sausage pasta is a delicious family favourite pasta recipe. Ready in under 30 minutes, it’s perfect for busy weeknights when you don’t have much time to prepare dinner.
Meaty pork sausages are broken up in the pan and mixed into a rich creamy pasta sauce flavoured with garlic, thyme and grated Parmesan. It’s a real taste sensation!
Creamy sausage pasta with sautéed sliced mushrooms is my idea of comfort food heaven!
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✔️ Why should you try it?
- Creamy and comforting
- Family favourite pasta
- Easily doubled
- Flavourful and delicious
🥘 Ingredients
- Pasta – use a short pasta like rigatoni or penne as this kind of shape holds chunky sauces well.
- Sausages – use good quality pork sausages with a meat content over 80%.
- Olive Oil – a light and mild olive oil is best for frying.
- Garlic – 2 cloves, peeled and chopped.
- Thyme – use dried thyme for convenience but you could substitute with fresh thyme is you prefer. Italian herb seasoning would also work well in this dish.
- Mushrooms – sliced white mushrooms, or use chestnut mushrooms for a more earthy mushroomy flavour.
- Flour – a tablespoon of plain flour helps to thicken the sauce.
- Stock – made with a beef stock pot. Alternatively, you could use chicken stock for a lighter flavour.
- Cream – double cream gives the dish a luxurious, indulgent feel.
- Parmesan – finely grated Parmesan, gives the sauce a lovely cheesy savoury flavour. Any hard cheese would work.
- Parsley – Adds a burst of colour and garnishes the finished pasta.
- Salt and Pepper
🔪 Instructions
The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post
One: Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to instructions. Drain and set aside.
Two: Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a shallow casserole or frying pan. Squeeze the sausage meat out of their skins and put the meat into the pan. Break up the bigger clumps with a wooden spoon over a medium – high heat. Cook for 5 minutes until the sausage meat has changed colour. Remove to a plate with a slotted spoon.
Three: Add the chopped garlic, thyme and sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook until the mushrooms are tender.
Four: Mix in the flour and stir for 1 minute.
Five: Pour in the stock and double cream and simmer for 8 minutes. Add half of the grated Parmesan and stir until melted.
Six: Add the cooked pasta and sausages back into the pan and warm through for 5 minutes.
Seven: Season and serve with the remaining Parmesan and chopped parsley.
🍴 Serving suggestions
The sausage pasta is delicious served with homemade pesto focaccia to mop up the creamy cheesy pasta sauce.
Vegetable sides like roasted tenderstem broccoli and asparagus make great accompaniments to the dish, as does a crisp green salad.
A dry white wine cuts through the richness of this creamy pasta dish, and who can say no to a cheeky glass of chilled white wine with dinner?! Something like a soave or sauvignon blanc would be great.
📖 Variations
- Make is spicy by adding 1 chopped red chilli and a teaspoon of red pepper flakes at the same time as the garlic.
- Use gluten-free pasta to make the pasta recipe gluten-free.
- Reduce the fat in the recipe by replacing the double cream with half fat crème fraiche.
- Add smoked bacon with the sausage meat for an even meatier dish.
- Up the veggies and add in 100g of frozen peas and 100g of baby spinach for the last few minutes of cooking.
- Use goat’s cheese as well as the Parmesan to make it extra cheesy and luxurious.
- Substitute the pork sausages with chorizo sausages, or use a mixture of both.
🥡 Storage
Allow the cooked pasta dish to cool completely before transferring the leftover sausage pasta to an airtight container. Store in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Reheat the pasta in the microwave, with a few tablespoons of water stirred in, until piping hot. You can also reheat the pasta in pan on the hob.
The creamy sausage pasta can also be frozen for up to 3 months in a freezer-safe container. Defrost fully in the fridge before reheating in the microwave or on the hob.
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Recipe
Creamy Sausage Pasta
Ingredients
- 300 g Pasta I used rigatoni
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 500 g Pork Sausages meat squeezed out of skins
- 2 Garlic Cloves peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tsp Thyme
- 200 g Mushrooms sliced
- 1 tbsp Plain Flour
- 450 ml Beef Stock
- 100 ml Double Cream
- 100 g Parmesan finely grated
- 1 tbsp Parsley chopped
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to instructions. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a shallow casserole or frying pan. Squeeze the sausage meat out of their skins and put the meat into the pan. Break up the bigger clumps with a wooden spoon over a medium – high heat. Cook for 5 minutes until the sausage meat has changed colour. Remove to a plate with a slotted spoon.
- Add the chopped garlic, thyme and sliced mushrooms to the pan and cook until the mushrooms are tender.
- Mix in the flour and stir for 1 minute.
- Pour in the stock and double cream and simmer for 8 minutes. Add half of the grated Parmesan and stir until melted.
- Add the cooked pasta and sausages back into the pan and warm through for 5 minutes.
- Season and serve with the remaining Parmesan and chopped parsley.
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Notes
- Make is spicy by adding 1 chopped red chilli and a teaspoon of red pepper flakes at the same time as the garlic.
- Use gluten-free pasta to make the pasta recipe gluten-free.
- Reduce the fat in the recipe by replacing the double cream with half fat crème fraiche.
- Add smoked bacon with the sausage meat for an even meatier dish.
- Up the veggies and add in 100g of frozen peas and 100g of baby spinach for the last few minutes of cooking.
- Use goat’s cheese as well as the Parmesan to make it extra cheesy and luxurious.
- Substitute the pork sausages with chorizo sausages, or use a mixture of both.
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Rachna
This is a perfect recipe for weekend. I love pastas and one pot meals. Thank you so much for sharing.
Toni
I love everything about this pasta! Quick and easy to make, and so delicious too!
Krissy Allori
The entire family loved this easy dinner recipe. YUM!
Charla
Such a great way to combine sausage and pasta. This is definitely the ultimate comfort dish for me!
Jessica Formicola
I’m always looking to mix up our pasta nights, and this creamy sausage pasta is exactly what I want to try! Thanks for sharing!