Fusilli with Spicy Chicken Sausage, Tomato, and Ricotta Cheese
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound hot chicken sausages
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 1/2 cups canned crushed tomatoes in thick puree
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary, crumbled
- Pinch dried red-pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 1/2 pound fusilli
- 3/4 cup ricotta cheese
- In a large, deep frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat.
- Add the sausage and cook, turning, until browned and cooked through, about 10 minutes.
- Remove the sausage and, when it is cool enough to handle, cut it into 1/4-inch slices.
- Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from the pan.
- Reduce the heat to moderately low.
- Add the onion to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook 30 seconds longer.
- Add the wine and bring to a simmer.
- Add the sausage, tomatoes, water, rosemary, red-pepper flakes, and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and bring to a simmer.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the parsley.
- Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the fusilli until just done, about 13 minutes.
- Drain and toss with the sauce, the ricotta, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt.
olive oil, chicken, onion, garlic, white wine, tomatoes, water, rosemary, redpepper, salt, flatleaf, fusilli, ricotta cheese
Taken from www.foodandwine.com/recipes/fusilli-with-spicy-chicken-sausage-tomato-and-ricotta-cheese (may not work)