This is one of our perennial favorites.
Kale and tomatoes with sausage and pasta
Note: This dish can be easily made vegetarian. Just omit the sausage.
1 lb. Pork sausage, ground, Italian or country
spiced
2 Tbl Olive oil
1 Large yellow onion
2 Garlic cloves crushed or minced
¼+ C Red wine
1 Red bell pepper diced
1 tsp Salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 pint Cherry tomatoes, halved or 2 larged tomatoes, chopped
with liquid
1 bunch Kale leaves, coarsely chopped
2 Tbl Fresh Basil, coarsely chopped
1 lb. Farfalle or penne, cooked
Parmesan cheese, grated
Brown sausage in another pan while you are making the vegetables.
Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat.
Add onion and garlic; cook until soft and fragrant, about 3 minutes.
Add wine, bell pepper, salt and pepper to taste. Cook until bell pepper
softens, about 5 minutes.
Add tomatoes; cook 2 minutes.
Add kale. Leaves will overflow, but try to mix as well as you can;
kale will shrink.
Cook until leaves are soft but not soggy, about 6 minutes. Add basil;
cook 1 minute.
Toss kale-tomato mixture with sausage and toss with pasta. Season with
more salt
and pepper in desired. Top with cheese.