Orecchiette With Fresh Tomatoes And Sausage

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 small onion, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (4 ounce) package chopped pancetta
• 1 (12 ounce) package Italian chicken sausage (such as Trader Joe's(R) Chicken Sicilian Sausage)
• 1/3 cup red wine
• 1 (8 ounce) package crimini mushrooms, sliced
• 20 cherry tomatoes, halved, or more to taste
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
• salt to taste
• 1 (16 ounce) package orecchiette pasta
• 1 cup chopped baby spinach

1. Heat butter and oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook and stir until the onion starts to soften, about 2 minutes.
2. Increase heat to high and add pancetta to the skillet. Cook and stir until crispy, 3 to 5 minutes. Remove casings from the sausages; add sausage meat to skillet. Cook and stir until browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in wine and scrape the bottom of the skillet.
3. Toss mushrooms into the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, and salt. Stir to combine. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is thick, 1 to 2 hours.
4. Fill a large pot with salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir in orecchiette and return to a boil. Cook pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 7 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup of cooking water and drain without rinsing the pasta.
5. Stir spinach into the sauce in the skillet. Cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Toss pasta into the skillet and stir to combine everything. Stir until heated through, adding some reserved pasta water if the sauce seems too thick.

unsalted butter, extravirgin olive oil, onion, garlic, pancetta, italian chicken sausage, red wine, crimini mushrooms, tomatoes, fresh basil, fresh oregano, salt, orecchiette pasta, baby spinach

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/260967/orecchiette-with-fresh-tomatoes-and-sausage/ (may not work)