Rigatoni with Sausage, Beans and Greens

Delicious pasta with sausage, beans and greens!

Ingredients

• 3 Tbs salt
• 1 lb Italian sausage
• 15oz cannellini beans, rinsed
• bunch kale
• 2 ounces Parmesaen, shredded
• 3 Tbs extra-virgin olive oil
• 16 ounces rigatoni pasta
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 lemon

Instructions

1. Salt and boil water for pasta.
2. Heat 2 Tbsp olive oil in large Dutch oven. Add sausage and cook. Transfer to plate when finished.
3. Add pasta to boiling water. Cook 3 minutes less than indicated on package.
4. While past is cooking, set dutch oven heat to med-low and add beans and 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes. Cook, mashing a few beans and browning, about 5 minutes. Transfer half of beans to plate with sausage when finished.
5. Add 1 cup pasta liquid into dutch oven with beans. Increase heat to medium-high.
6. Using a spider or slotted spoon, transfer pasta to pot with beans. Add kale. Toss vigorously.
7. Continue to cook, tossing often until kale is wilted, pasta is al dente, and water is reduced by about half, about 4 minutes. Add water if needed. Reduce heat to low.
8. Add 1/4 cup pasta water then gradually add cheese while tossing, until chees is emulsified into water and forms a glossy sauce.
9. Remove pot from heat and add reserved beans and sausage, then 2 Tbsp butter, tossing until butter is melted.
10. Add salt to taste.
11. Cut 1 lemon in half and squeeze half over pasta, then drizzle wit 1 Tbsp olive oil.
12. Serve and top with grated parmesaen.