Tripoline with Sausage and Whipped Ricotta ___

Tripoline with Sausage and Whipped Ricotta

Ingredients

For the Pasta:

  • 1 pound sweet Italian sausage (removed from the casing)
  • 28 ounces crushed tomatoes
  • 2 cloves garlic sliced
  • 0.5 cup white wine
  • of fresh basil
  • 1 cup whole milk ricotta
  • 1 pound Tripoline pasta or any other long cut pasta that you prefer
  • 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 0.5 cup grated Pecorino Romano cheese

Directions

Put the Ricotta into a food processor or a blender. Let it run for about 30 seconds. Scoop out and set aside.

In a large sauté pan add a table spoon of olive oil and start browning the sausage on high heat.  With a slotted spoon, transfer the sausage to a plate leaving the fat rendered from it in the pan. Add the rest of the oil to the pan and sauté the garlic until golden.

Add the white wine and reduce. Scraping up the fond from the bottom of the pan.

Add the Red Gold Diced Tomatoes, basil and salt to taste.

Add the sausage back into the pan and cook for 7-10 minutes.

Cook the pasta until Al Dente and add it to the sauce mixing well.

Turn the heat off and add the Pecorino cheese letting the residual heat melt it into the pasta.

Scoop into bowls and garnish with whipped ricotta.