Pasta with Pumpkin and Sausage

• 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra-virgin
• 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra-virgin
• 1 pound sausage, bulk sweet Italian
• 4 cloves garlic cracked and chopped
• 1 medium onions finely chopped
• 1 each bay leaves fresh or dried
• 6 each sage leaves sprigs, cut into chiffonade, about 2 tablespoons
• 1 cup white wine dry
• 1 cup chicken broth canned or paper container
• 1 cup pumpkin puree (canned)
• 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream 3 turns around the pan
• 18 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg ground, ground or freshly grated
• 1 x kosher salt to taste
• 1 x black pepper to taste
• 1 pound pasta, penne cooked to al dente
• 1 x romano cheese for grating
• 1 x whole wheat bread or pumpernickel, as an accompaniment

1. Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion, as an accompaniment, recipe follows
2. Heat a large, deep nonstick skillet over medium high heat.
3. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and brown the sausage in it.
4. Transfer sausage to paper towel lined plate.
5. Drain fat from skillet and return pan to the stove.
6. Add the remaining tablespoon oil, and then the garlic and onion.
7. Saute 3 to 5 minutes until the onions are tender.
8. Add bay leaf, sage, and wine to the pan.
9. Reduce wine by half, about 2 minutes.
10. Add stock and pumpkin and stir to combine, stirring sauce until it comes to a bubble.
11. Return sausage to pan, reduce heat, and stir in cream.
12. Season the sauce with the cinnamon and nutmeg, and salt and pepper, to taste.
13. Simmer mixture 5 to 10 minutes to thicken sauce.
14. Return drained pasta to the pot you cooked it in.
15. Remove the bay leaf from sauce and pour the sausage pumpkin sauce over pasta.
16. Combine sauce and pasta and toss over low heat for 1 minute.
17. Garnish the pasta with lots of shaved cheese and sage leaves.
18. Serve pumpkin sausage pasta with pumpernickel or whole grain bread and Spinach Salad with Apple and Red Onion.

olive oil, olive oil, sausage, garlic, onions, bay leaves, sage, white wine, chicken broth, pumpkin puree, heavy whipping cream, cinnamon, nutmeg ground, kosher salt, black pepper, pasta, romano cheese, whole wheat bread

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/pasta-pumpkin-sausage-49289 (may not work)