Celebrate #NationalPastaDay

It’s National Pasta Day!

Did you know there are over 600 known pasta shapes?

That’s a lot of pasta!

Enjoy a Taste of Italy with Simply Roundy’s Organic Pasta made with only the finest organic Italian durum wheat. Everyone can love a perfect al dente bite with this recipe for Penne Rigate and Mariano’s Italian sausage.

Penne Rigate with Italian Sausage & Rapini

Ingredients:

• One package of Simply Roundy’s Organic Penne Rigate

• 1/2 lb of Mariano’s Mariano’s Italian sausage (hot or mild)

• 2 Cups of Simply Roundy’s Organic Tomato & Basil pasta sauce

• 2 Garlic cloves, chopped

• 1 Bunch of rapini (broccolini), blanched

• Extra Virgin Olive Oil

• BrightFarms Fresh Basil

• Salt & pepper to taste

• Shredded Parmesan

Instructions:

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Reserve one cup of pasta water.

2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the sausage and garlic in oil over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink.

3. Add the rapini, pasta sauce and seasonings; heat through.

4. Drain pasta; toss with tomato mixture add in pasta water as needed.

5. Sprinkle with cheese and fresh basil.