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Pesto Pasta with Sausage

May 7, 20202 Comments

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Pesto Pasta with Sausage - A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with a simple pesto sauce spicy plant-based sausage. Ready to serve in about 30 minutes. #pestopastawithsausage #veganpastarecipes #thiswifecooksecipes #veganquarantinerecipes #easyveganweeknightdinners via @thiswifecooks

Pesto Pasta with Sausage ~

A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with spicy plant-based sausage and pasta tossed in a simple pesto sauce.

Ready to serve in about 30 minutes!

Pesto Pasta with Sausage - A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with spicy plant-based sausage. Ready to serve in about 30 minutes.

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  • Ingredients for Pesto Pasta with Sausage:
  • A few notes about the ingredients:
  • How to make Pesto Pasta with Sausage:
  • More Pesto-Based Recipes You’ll Love!
  • Pesto Pasta with Sausage
      • While the pasta is cooking:
      • Putting it all together:

Ingredients for Pesto Pasta with Sausage:

  • 16 ounces medium-size pasta of your choice
  • 14 ounces vegan sausage links
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup yellow onion, diced
  • 8 ounces prepared vegan pesto
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup vegan parmesan cheese, shredded

A few notes about the ingredients:

  • For convenience, I sometimes use store-bought pesto. Trader Joe’s makes an awesome kale-based vegan pesto and that is what I used for this recipe. Homemade Vegan Basil Pesto is also amazing in this dish!
  • The sausages are Beyond Meat Hot Italian.
  • For the parmesan cheese, Violife brand is my go-to lately.

Pesto Pasta with Sausage - A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with spicy plant-based sausage. Ready to serve in about 30 minutes.

How to make Pesto Pasta with Sausage:

STEP ONE: Cook pasta according to package directions, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Drain and set aside.

STEP TWO: While the pasta is cooking: Into a large deep skillet over medium-high heat, add the sliced sausage. Cook until browned on both sides, approximately 5 minutes. Remove the cooked sausage from the skillet and set aside.

STEP THREE: Into the same skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the diced onion. Cook, stirring frequently, 2-3 minutes until onion is softened. Reduce heat to low.

STEP FOUR: Add the pesto, sea salt, and ground black pepper. Stir to combine.

STEP FIVE: Putting it all together: To the pesto mixture, add the cooked pasta and reserved 1/2 cup pasta cooking water. Toss to coat.

STEP SIX: Add the shredded parmesan cheese and cooked sausage.

STEP SEVEN: Increase heat to medium then cover for about 2-3 minutes, to heat through.

STEP EIGHT: Adjust seasoning to taste and serve hot.

Enjoy!
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Pesto Pasta with Sausage - A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with spicy plant-based sausage. Ready to serve in about 30 minutes.

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Pesto Pasta with Sausage - A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with spicy plant-based sausage. Ready to serve in about 30 minutes.

Pesto Pasta with Sausage

A savory and satisfying skillet dinner made with a simple pesto sauce spicy plant-based sausage.
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Ingredients

  • 16 ounces medium-size pasta of your choice
  • 14 ounces vegan sausage links
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/3 cup yellow onion diced
  • 8 ounces prepared vegan pesto
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 cup vegan parmesan cheese shredded

Instructions

  • Cook pasta according to package directions, reserving 1/2 cup of the cooking water. Drain and set aside.

While the pasta is cooking:

  • Into a large deep skillet over medium-high heat, add the sliced sausage. Cook until browned on both sides, approximately 5 minutes. Remove the cooked sausage from the skillet and set aside.
  • Into the same skillet over medium-high heat, add the olive oil. When the oil is hot, add the diced onion. Cook, stirring frequently, 2-3 minutes until onion is softened. Reduce heat to low.
  • Add the pesto, sea salt, and ground black pepper. Stir to combine.

Putting it all together:

  • To the pesto mixture, add the cooked pasta and reserved 1/2 cup pasta cooking water. Toss to coat.
  • Add the shredded parmesan cheese and cooked sausage.
  • Increase heat to medium then cover for about 2-3 minutes, to heat through.
  • Adjust seasoning to taste.
  • Serve hot.
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  1. Cat

    June 16, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    Are you leaving the fake casing on the sausages? I find it always comes off when you cut the beyond meat spicy Italian links.

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    • thiswifecooks

      June 16, 2021 at 8:41 pm

      For this recipe, yes, I do leave the casings on. What works for me is slicing the sausages quickly with a sharp knife while they’re still very cold. Sometimes I’ll even pop them in the freezer for about 15 minutes before slicing. Hope this helps!

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