Pork Sausage Rigatoni Rosa

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian pork sausage
  2 links
• Parmesan cheese
  ½ cup
• butter
  1 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 unit
• chili flakes
  1 pinch
• cooking oil
  1 tbsp
• cream cheese
  2 oz
• garlic
  2 cloves
• rigatoni pasta
  8 oz
• sugar
  ½ tsp
• tomato paste
  1 tbsp
• zucchini
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• large pot
• large pan

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry produce. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Once water is boiling, add rigatoni pasta ; cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente ⏱️ 10 minutes . Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water, then drain and set aside.

   rigatoni pasta: 8 oz
2. 

   2

   Meanwhile, trim and halve zucchini lengthwise; slice crosswise into ¼-inch-thick half-moons. Peel and mince or grate garlic .

   zucchini: 1 unit, garlic: 2 cloves
3. 

   3

   While pasta cooks, heat a drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add zucchini; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until browned and tender ⏱️ 5 minutes . Remove pan from heat; transfer zucchini to a plate.

   cooking oil: 1 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Remove Italian pork sausage from casing if necessary; discard casing. Heat another drizzle of oil in same pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage to pan and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until almost cooked through ⏱️ 3 minutes .

   Italian pork sausage: 2 links
5. 5

   Stir garlic and tomato paste into pan with sausage; cook until garlic is fragrant, tomato paste is well distributed, and sausage is fully cooked ⏱️ 1 minutes .

   tomato paste: 1 tbsp
6. 6

   Stir in cream cheese , chicken stock concentrate , ½ cup reserved pasta cooking water, 1 TBSP butter , ½ tsp sugar , and a pinch of chili flakes to taste. Remove from heat.

   cream cheese: 2 oz, chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, butter: 1 tbsp, sugar: ½ tsp, chili flakes: 1 pinch
7. 7

   Add drained rigatoni and zucchini to pan with sauce. Stir in half the Parmesan cheese . Season with salt and pepper to taste. If needed, stir in more reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until pasta is coated in a creamy sauce.

   Parmesan cheese: ½ cup
8. 8

   Divide between bowls; top with remaining Parmesan and serve.