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Pasta with Peppers, Sausage, and Feta

17/11/2023

Pasta with peppers, sausage, and feta is a delicious Mediterranean dish that evokes the warm and welcoming flavors of Greece and Italy. Here’s a recipe you can follow.

Ingredients

  • 320 g of pasta of your choice (penne, fusilli, rigatoni work well)
  • 2 bell peppers (one red and one yellow for color)
  • 200 g of fresh sausage
  • 150 g of Greek feta
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • A pinch of red pepper flakes (optional)
  • Aromatic herbs to taste (basil or oregano for example)

Preparation

  1. Start by bringing a pot of water to a boil for the pasta. Once boiling, salt it and cook the pasta according to the package instructions.
  2. While the water is heating, wash and slice the peppers into strips. Slice the garlic cloves.
  3. In a large skillet, heat a drizzle of oil and add the garlic to fry until it becomes golden. Add the red pepper flakes if you want a spicy note.
  4. Remove the skin from the sausage and crumble it into the skillet. Brown the sausage over medium heat until it’s crispy and well cooked.
  5. Add the peppers to the sausage and cook together until the peppers are soft but still crisp.
  6. When the pasta is ready, drain it and set aside some of the cooking water.
  7. Add the pasta to the skillet with the peppers and sausage, mixing well to flavor everything.
  8. If the mixture is too dry, add some cooking water to make it creamy.
  9. Crumble the feta over the pasta and mix gently.
  10. Finally, adjust the salt and pepper and garnish with the fresh aromatic herbs you have chosen.

Serve this dish hot, offering a dive into Mediterranean flavors enriched with an Italian twist thanks to the sausage and the aromatic herbs. The addition of feta brings a salty and fresh note that balances well the sweetness of the peppers and the full flavor of the sausage.

Curiosity

This dish is a cross between Greek pasta and Calabrese pasta. Feta and peppers are typical Greek ingredients, while the sausage and red pepper flakes provide that touch of Italian flavors from the South, particularly from Calabria, where the use of red pepper flakes and sausage is very common.