Creamy Lemon Salsiccia Pasta
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Cook the pasta in salted water.
- 2Cook the Italian sausage links.
- 3Sauté the finely diced red onion and finely chopped garlic.
- 4Stir in the all-purpose flour, then add the heavy cream and reserved pasta water as needed.
- 5Incorporate the softened cream cheese pieces into the sauce.
- 6Season with herbes de Provence, sweet paprika, garlic powder, ground turmeric, and freshly ground black pepper.
- 7Finish the sauce with fresh lemon juice and finely grated lemon zest, adjusting salt to taste.
Ingredients
- 9 to 10 1/2 oz short pasta
- kosher salt (optional)
- 5 whole salsiccia or italian sausage links
- 1/2 small red onion, finely diced
- 1 1/2 garlic clove, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 3/4 to 1 cup pasta water, reserved
- 3 oz cream cheese, softened and cut into pieces
- 1/2 lemon lemon zest, finely grated
- 4 to 5 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp herbes de provence
- 1 tsp sweet paprika
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- small pinch ground turmeric
- 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- fine sea salt (optional)
