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Creamy Sausage Pasta with Sweet Potato (5 Ingredients)

Creamy Sausage Pasta with Sweet Potato is the perfect fall pasta dish! It's creamy, salty, sweet, and only has FIVE ingriedents! Plus, it comes together in under 30 minutes.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 443 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients

  • 3/4 lb bulk sausage (mild or spicy)
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 1 large sweet potato, diced (abour 2 cups)
  • 3/4 tsp kosher salt, divided
  • 1/2 cup Boursin cheese
  • 1/2 lb taglietelle

Instructions

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  1. Bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil. Season with salt. It should taste as salty as the sea.
  2. Heat a large skillet to a medium heat. Add sausage. Break sausage up with a wooden spoon . Cook about 3-4 minutes until it's about halfway cooked through. Remove from the pan, but leave grease. Add sweet potato and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Cook until sweet potato is softened, but still has a bite to it, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and sausage back to the pan and continue to cook sweet potato and sausage until the sweet potato is soft and the sausage is cooked through.
  4. When the sweet potato and sausage are just about done cooking, add pasta to the boiling water. Cook until just under aldente. Reserve pasta water.
  5. Transfer pasta to the sausage and sweet potato along with the remaining salt, boursin cheese, and 1 cup of the reserved pasta water. Toss until creamy. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add more pasta water if necessary until you reach your desired sauce consistency.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1serving Calories 443kcal (22%) Carbohydrates 40g (13%) Protein 16g (32%) Fat 24g (37%) Saturated Fat 11g (55%) Cholesterol 61mg (20%) Sodium 807mg (34%) Potassium 416mg (12%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 4g (8%) Vitamin A 8286IU (166%) Vitamin C 2mg (2%) Calcium 44mg (4%) Iron 1mg (6%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 6people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 443

% Daily Value*

Serving 1serving
Calories 443kcal 22%
Carbohydrates 40g 13%
Protein 16g 32%
Fat 24g 37%
Saturated Fat 11g 55%
Cholesterol 61mg 20%
Sodium 807mg 34%
Potassium 416mg 9%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 4g 8%
Vitamin A 8286IU 166%
Vitamin C 2mg 2%
Calcium 44mg 4%
Iron 1mg 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.