EveryPlate Chicken Sausage & Tomato Linguine

Ingredients

• Chicken Sausage

  Delia's

  4 ½ oz or 126g

• Linguine

  Wegmans

  3 oz or 86g

• Tomato Paste

  H-E-B

  1 oz or 28g

• Cream Cheese

  Kroger

  ½ oz or 14g

• Parmesan Cheese

  Shredded - Kraft Foods, Inc.

  1 oz or 28g

• Garlic

  2 cloves raw - Whole Foods Market

  1 cloves, raw or 3g

• Tomato Roma

  3 med. Raw - Whole Foods Market

  1 medium raw or 62g

• Yellow Onions

  ShopRite

  1 medium onion or 148g

• Olive oil

  ⅓ tbsp or 4g

Directions

1. Adjust rack to top position and preheat oven to 450 degrees. Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. Cut tomato into ½-inch-thick wedges; toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast on top rack until tender, 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, halve, peel, and dice half the onion (whole onion for 4 servings). Peel and finely chop garlic.
2. Heat a drizzle of oil in a large, preferably ovenproof, pan over high heat. Add diced onion and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until slightly softened, 3-4 minutes. Add another drizzle of olive oil and sausage. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes. Add garlic; cook, stirring, until fragrant, 30 seconds. Stir in tomato paste until everything is fully coated.
3. Once water is boiling, add pasta to pot. Cook until al dente, 9-11 minutes. Reserve ½ cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
4. While pasta cooks, slowly stir 1 cup plain water (1½ cups for 4 servings) into pan with sausage mixture until thoroughly combined. Reduce heat to medium; simmer, stirring, until sauce has thickened, 3-5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Stir in cream cheese, half the Parmesan (save the rest for serving), and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4) until melted and combined.
5. Add drained pasta and roasted tomato wedges to pan with sauce; toss to coat. If needed, add splashes of reserved pasta cooking water until everything is coated in a creamy sauce. Taste and season with salt and chili flakes to taste.
6. Divide pasta between plates and top with remaining Parmesan and chili flakes if desired.