Sausage and Peppers Creamy Fettuccine 🫑
Sundays are for sauce and sometimes you have to switch it up a little bit and add a different flavor profile to shake up the crowd! Normally I make my homemade sauce, bolognese, or my vodka sauce on the weekends, so I decided to develop a new recipe that I absolutely knew my family would go crazy for! Instead of the usual suspects such as country style pork ribs, meatballs, or the usual Italian seasonings, I switched it up, but kept a few things tried and true! This might be the best sauce i have ever made using italian sausage, it’s still a hot beautiful aromatic pot of sauce, but this time it’s featuring cajun seasonings such as tony’s creole and smoked paprika, the usual crushed tomatoes, but I also added fire roasted tomatoes, heavy cream, and of course as the name suggests sausage and peppers! Hard to explain just how world class delicious this blend of flavors is until you actually make it. Let’s do it!
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Sausage and Peppers Creamy Fettuccine
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 5 mild italian sausage links remove the casings
- 1 tbsp tony’s creole seasoning divided
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp italian seasoning
- ½ tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 6 garlic cloves chopped
- 1 tsp cracked black pepper
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup cabernet
- 28 oz can crushed tomatoes
- 14.5 oz can fire roasted tomatoes do not drain (you are going to use all the contents of the can)
- 1 lb fettuccine
- ½ cup pasta water
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 2 cups baby spinach roughly chopped
- 3 tbsp grated parmesan
Instructions
- In a dutch oven or pot, heat up some olive oil. While that’s heating up remove the casing from the sausage links and then add them into the pot. Break up the sausage links using a meat masher or wooden spoon and saute the sausage on a medium heat for about 5 – 7 minutes or until browned.
- Once the sausage is browned, add in ½ tbsp tony’s creole seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and crushed red pepper flakes. Saute the seasonings with the sausage for a few more minutes. Then, add in the tomato paste and brown it up for 1 – 2 minutes. Now, add in the chopped green pepper, onion, garlic, cracked black pepper, and salt and mix everything together. Saute that for about 5 minutes until the veggies are soft and stir in minute intervals.
- Once the veggies are soft, pour in the cabernet to deglaze the pot. Stir everything together and saute that at a medium – high heat for about 2 – 3 minutes so the alcohol can burn out. Then, pour in the can or crushed tomatoes and the can of fire roasted tomatoes. Stir that together and bring the pot to a boil. Once it comes to a boil, lower it to a simmer, pop the lid on the pot leaving it slightly ajar, and let that simmer on a medium heat for about 15 minutes.
- While that’s simmering you, boil your fettucini noodles in salted water according to package directions until al dente.
- Once the pasta is almost done, take a ladle full (about a ½ cup) of pasta water and add it into the pot with the sausage and peppers. Then, pour in the heavy cream and shake in ½ tbsp tony’s creole seasoning. Give everything a stir and bring the pot back up to a boil (add more salt and pepper if needed after you taste it). Once it comes to a boil, lower it to a simmer, and let that simmer for another 10 minutes.
- Once the pasta is done, drain it, and set it aside in a serving bowl. Lastly, add the chopped baby spinach and grated parmesan cheese into the pot with the sausage and peppers and stir that together. Let that simmer together for 2 more minutes and it’s done! Serve the sauce over the fettuccine and garnish with more grated parmesan and chopped spinach. Enjoy!
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What can I substitute for the wine?
Looks so delicious 😋
You can omit or sub equal parts vegetable or chicken stock 🥰
What can I substitute for the wine please?
You can omit or replace with equal parts broth! Chicken or vegetable 🥕