Ingredients

  • 1 pound of penne pasta
  • 1 pound sweet sausage
  • 1 bunch fresh broccoli rabe
  • 1 clove garlic, chopped
  • 1 can chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp. cornstarch
  • 3 to 4 sun-dry tomatoes in oil
  • Grated Parmesan cheese

Method

  • 1.
  • Clean broccoli rabe and steam or possibly boil in water.
  • Strain and set aside.
  • 2.
  • Cook sweet sausage in frying pan, adding a little water so it does not burn.
  • Cover pan and cook till sausage is no longer pink.
  • Set sausage aside and cut each sausage link into 1/4 inch diagonal slices.
  • 3.
  • In sausage drippings, saute/fry chopped garlic.
  • When garlic is golden brown, but not brown, add in can of chicken stock.
  • Stir and simmer for 10 min.
  • 4.
  • Put cornstarch in small bowl and add in a ladle of chicken stock.
  • Mix and stir till thick and smooth.
  • 5.
  • Add in cornstarch paste into rest of stock and continue to cook for 10 more min, stirring continuously till thickened.
  • 6.
  • Boil pasta and strain.
  • Place in serving bowl.
  • 7.
  • Combine cut up sausage, 3 to 4 sundried tomatoes broken into bits and broccoli rabe.
  • Stir into sauce and top over pasta.
  • Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.