Easy Spinach and Ricotta Pasta with Peppers - Recipe
A quick and easy pasta recipe with Italian sausage and spinach tossed with a quick ricotta-Parmesan cheese sauce and peppers. Nice and spicy!
Servings: 4
Calories: 545kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups rotini noodles
- 8 ounces spicy Italian sausage
- 1 medium red bell pepper chopped (I cut some in long strips because that's how I roll!)
- 2 serrano peppers chopped
- 6 ounces spinach chopped
- 3 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a pan to medium heat and add Italian sausage. Cook about 5 minutes, breaking it up as you cook.
- Add peppers and cook about 5 minutes to soften.
- Add garlic and spinach and stir. Cook about 1 minute.
- While sausage is cooking, get your salted water boiling and prepare your noodles to your preference. Drain and reserve about a cup of the pasta water.
- Add noodles back to the pot and stir in ricotta cheese and half of the Parmesan. Stir. Add in the pasta water a bit at a time and stir until it becomes creamy to your preference. You probably won’t use the whole reserved cup.
- Add the noodles to the sausage-pepper mixture and stir.
- Add cracked black pepper and salt to taste.
- Sprinkle on some chopped parsley and serve with extra Parmesan cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 545kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 885mg | Potassium: 624mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 5435IU | Vitamin C: 53.1mg | Calcium: 467mg | Iron: 2.8mg