Ingredients

  • 1 lb hot Italian chicken sausage, sliced
  • 1 (12 ounce) package bow tie pasta (farfalle)
  • 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 (16 ounce) jar alfredo sauce
  • 12 cup white wine
  • 12 teaspoon black pepper
  • 12 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Method

  • Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
  • Add the bow-tie pasta, and cook until al dente, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Remove 1 cup pasta liquid to thin sauce.
  • Drain and return to the pot along with the spinach; keep warm over medium-low heat.
  • While the pasta cooks, place the sliced sausage links onto a fry pan, and cook until the sausage is crispy on the outside and no longer pink on the inside, about 8 minutes.
  • Stirring the sausage as it cooks.
  • Remove from pan and drain excess oil.
  • In the same pan, add the olive oil over medium heat, stir in the garlic, and cook until the garlic softens, about 3 minutes.
  • Add the Alfredo sauce, wine and black pepper and cooked sausage.
  • then bring to a simmer over medium-high heat for 15 minutes.
  • Thin sauce to desired consistency with reserved pasta water.
  • Pour the sauce into the pasta and spinach pot.
  • Stir until the pasta is hot and well coated with the sauce.
  • Serve with parmesan cheese.