One Pot Sausage Pasta

5 from 1 vote

Juicy flavorful Italian sausage is cooked together with dry pasta in a tasty tomato sauce to make this One Pot Sausage Pasta. The cooked pasta is then topped with 3 types of Italian cheeses that are then melted to perfection to create an undeniable delicious quick and easy creamy, meaty, cheesy one pot pasta!

Prep Time15

Cook Time30

Total Time45

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American, Italian

Servings:

Calories: 729kcal

Author: Joanna Cismaru

Equipment

6 Quart Dutch Oven

Ingredients

1 pound Italian sausage mild, casings removed
1 small onion chopped
4 cloves garlic minced
14.5 ounces diced tomatoes 1 can
14.5 ounce tomato sauce 1 can
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon sugar
salt and pepper to taste
1½ cup water
12 ounces pasta such as penne, ziti
½ cup Parmesan cheese shredded
8 ounces mozzarella cheese shredded
8 ounces ricotta cheese
1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped

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Instructions

Brown the sausage: Remove the Italian sausage from the casing. Then heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat and add the sausage. Now, cook until it’s no longer pink, breaking it up as you stir it to brown.
Add the onion and garlic: Add the onion and garlic to the Dutch oven with the sausage and cook for another 3 minutes or until the onions are translucent and soft.
Stir in the tomatoes and seasonings: Stir in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, sugar, salt, and black pepper. Bring to a boil and then turn down the heat to simmer for 10 minutes while stirring occasionally.
Cook the pasta: Add the water and pasta to the pot. Then stir until the pasta is completely submerged in liquid. Now, cook for 10 minutes or until the pasta is al dente. Then remove the pot from the heat.
Top with cheese: Stir in the grated Parmesan cheese. Then using a tablespoon, top the pasta with dollops of the ricotta cheese or mix it in. Finally, sprinkle the top of the pasta with the shredded mozzarella cheese.
Melt the cheese: Place the Dutch oven under the broiler for a few minutes to melt the cheese just until it starts to brown.Garnish and serve: Sprinkle the finished one pot sausage pasta with freshly chopped basil and serve with your favorite salad or vegetable side to complete the meal!

Notes

Use quality ingredients. Italian cooking is all about very simple, but high-quality ingredients. So choosing a really flavorful Italian sausage and cheeses will make a difference in this pasta dish.
Brown the sausage well. You really want to cook the sausage properly before adding the other ingredients. All those little brown bits on the bottom of the Dutch oven produced by cooking the sausage add layers of savory flavor to the sauce.
Don’t overcook the pasta. The pasta does need to be fully cooked to al dente before putting it under the broiler to melt the cheese, but it’s also easy to overcook it if you don’t watch the time. So I always suggest setting a timer when cooking pasta dishes.

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