Caprese Chicken Sausage Pasta
Caprese Chicken Sausage Pasta
This hearty-yet-light pasta dish brings together the freshest flavors of summer into one bowl
Ingredients
- 1 lb Penne pasta
- 4 Gilbert’s Caprese Chicken Sausages
- 5-6 leaves Fresh basil
- 10-15 small Cherry and/or grape tomatoes
- 1/4 cup Pine nuts
- 1/2 cup Pesto pasta sauce
- 1 large ball Fresh mozzarella
- Black pepper, cracked, to taste
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
Instructions
- Boil pasta according to instructions.
- Lightly toast pine nuts in sauté pan over medium heat until golden brown (~5 minutes). Set aside in bowl.
- Slice grape/cherry tomatoes in half, and sauté over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp olive oil.
- Slice sausages on the bias (diagonally) and sauté to desired doneness.
- Chop basil into ribbons.
- Slice mozzarella.
- Drain pasta and place into large serving bowl or back in the pot.
- Add pre-made pesto sauce (or make your own if you’re feeling ambitious and have a food processor!), tomatoes, sausage, and mozzarella. Toss pasta until ingredients are evenly distributed.
- Top with cracked black pepper, pine nuts, and fresh basil ribbons.
