That's Amore!

This is another new pasta recipe I tried last night and I love it. I hope you do too!

Ingredients:

1 bag Orecchiette pasta

1/2 lbs Italian sausage

2 green onions cut in long diagonal slices

1/2 white onion diced

1/2 red bell pepper diced

2 tbsp butter

fresh minced garlic

salt for the water

frozen peas

a pinch of dry red pepper flakes

fresh Reggiano

-Boil salted water in a large pot and add pasta. In a large pan, brown crumbled sausage and then add minced onion, bell pepper and garlic. Cook til translucent. Add the pasta to the pan, cooked til al dente, butter, a ladle of the starchy pasta water and a splash of white cooking wine(this is of course optional). Cook on high heat til it's creamy, about 2 minutes. Add the green onion and a 3/4 cup of frozen peas, red pepper flakes and stir. When it's bubbling again, add some freshly grated hard cheese and cook til it's creamy and well incorporated, for a minute. When your peas are warm and bright green, you're done. I didn't have to add any salt or pepper because the sausage was so flavorful, but taste it and see. This was particularly yummy served with some natural apple sauce, soft Italian bread and a little more fresh cheese on top. The spicy/saltiness of the pasta was so delicious with the sweet, tangy, cold apple sauce. Very comforting and very easy. Mmmmm