Fettuccine with Creamy Tomato Italian Sausage Sauce

Ingredients

-2 Tbsp olive oil
-3 shallots, chopped
-2 large garlic cloves, chopped
-1/2 pound sweet Italian sausage, casings removed
-1/2 pound spicy or hot Italian sausage, casings removed
-1 cup whipping cream
-2 14.5-ounce cans diced tomatoes in juice
-1 Tbsp dried sage
-3/4 pound fettuccine
-1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1- Put a large pot of salted water on to boil (1 Tbsp salt for every 2 quarts of water). While the pasta water is heating, prepare the sauce in the next step.

2- Heat olive oil in a large sauté pan on medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Break up the sweet and spicy Italian sausages as you add them to the pan. Toss with the shallots, increase the heat to medium high, and cook until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Stir in the cream and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, their juices, and the sage. Simmer for about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens.

3- The pasta water should be boiling by now. After the sauce has simmered for about 5 minutes, add the pasta to boiling salted water and cook, uncovered at a rolling boil, until the pasta is al dente, cooked through but still a little firm to the bite. Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water and drain the pasta.

4- Toss the pasta with the sauce and add a little of the reserved pasta water if dish seems dry.

Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle with cheese to serve.