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Gallery Pasta with Sausage, Leeks, and Lettuce Credit: Con Poulos Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4
Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 3/4 pound sweet Italian sausages, casings removed 2 bunches leeks (about 3 pounds total), white and light-green parts only, halved lengthwise, cut into 1/4-inch slices, rinsed well, and drained 1/2 cup dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Coarse salt and ground pepper 3/4 pound short pasta, such as lumache or medium shells 4 cups Bibb or Boston lettuce, torn into pieces Grated Parmesan, for serving
Cook’s Notes Waste not: Pair tonight’s dinner with the same white wine you use in the recipe. Transform any leftover lettuce you have on hand into a dinner ingredient in this dish.
Gallery Pasta with Sausage, Leeks, and Lettuce Credit: Con Poulos
Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4
Gallery
Pasta with Sausage, Leeks, and Lettuce Credit: Con Poulos
Pasta with Sausage, Leeks, and Lettuce
Credit: Con Poulos
Pasta with Sausage, Leeks, and Lettuce
Recipe Summary prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins Servings: 4
Recipe Summary
prep: 15 mins total: 30 mins
Servings: 4
prep: 15 mins
total: 30 mins
prep:
15 mins
total:
30 mins
Servings: 4
4
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 3/4 pound sweet Italian sausages, casings removed 2 bunches leeks (about 3 pounds total), white and light-green parts only, halved lengthwise, cut into 1/4-inch slices, rinsed well, and drained 1/2 cup dry white wine, such as Pinot Grigio 2 tablespoons unsalted butter Coarse salt and ground pepper 3/4 pound short pasta, such as lumache or medium shells 4 cups Bibb or Boston lettuce, torn into pieces Grated Parmesan, for serving
Directions
In a large skillet, cook sausages over medium-high, breaking up meat with a spoon, until browned, 5 minutes. Transfer 4 cups leeks to an airtight container and refrigerate for later use. Add remaining leeks (4 cups) to sausage in skillet and cook until softened, 5 minutes. Add wine and cook, stirring frequently, until mostly evaporated, 2 minutes. Stir in butter and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions. Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water. Drain pasta, return to pot, along with sausage mixture, and toss to combine. Add lettuce and enough pasta water to create a light sauce that coats pasta. Toss to combine. Serve with Parmesan on the side.
Cook’s Notes Waste not: Pair tonight’s dinner with the same white wine you use in the recipe. Transform any leftover lettuce you have on hand into a dinner ingredient in this dish.
Cook’s Notes
Waste not: Pair tonight’s dinner with the same white wine you use in the recipe. Transform any leftover lettuce you have on hand into a dinner ingredient in this dish.
Reviews (4)
Add Rating & Review 23 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0
Reviews (4)
Add Rating & Review 23 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0
Add Rating & Review
23 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0
23 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0
23 Ratings 5 star values: 8 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0
5 star values: 8 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 8 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0
Martha Stewart Member Rating: 4 stars 04/29/2015 this was really good, the lettuce is a bit of an odd addition but i think the crispness adds a nice touch - next time i would add lettuce as people desired to each bowl instead of tossing all the pasta with it - it wilted for reheating and hubby didnt much like the lettuce part. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/21/2013 This dish was very good, I just wish we could have tasted the leeks more. The sausage flavor seemed to overpower them. Of course that may just have been the type of sausage I used. I'll try a different brand next time. Even so, everyone in my house enjoyed the meal. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 09/06/2011 This is one of our family favorites! Easy to put together, great with ramps in place of the leeks as well. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 06/28/2011 Made this when it appeared in the May '11 Everyday Food. Sounds like a weird combination with lettuce as a prime ingredient, but you don't get it til you try it. This ranks as one of my favorite [and easiest!] pasta dishes!Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 4 stars 04/29/2015
this was really good, the lettuce is a bit of an odd addition but i think the crispness adds a nice touch - next time i would add lettuce as people desired to each bowl instead of tossing all the pasta with it - it wilted for reheating and hubby didnt much like the lettuce part.
Rating: 4 stars
Rating: Unrated 12/21/2013
This dish was very good, I just wish we could have tasted the leeks more. The sausage flavor seemed to overpower them. Of course that may just have been the type of sausage I used. I’ll try a different brand next time. Even so, everyone in my house enjoyed the meal.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: Unrated 09/06/2011
This is one of our family favorites! Easy to put together, great with ramps in place of the leeks as well.
Rating: 5 stars 06/28/2011
Made this when it appeared in the May ‘11 Everyday Food. Sounds like a weird combination with lettuce as a prime ingredient, but you don’t get it til you try it. This ranks as one of my favorite [and easiest!] pasta dishes!
Rating: 5 stars
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