SAUSAGE RIGATONI | Pasta with Italian Sausage

This Sausage Rigotoni is one of my favorite pasta dishes! It combines chunks of Italian sausage, spinach and rigatoni pasta in a slightly creamy tomato sauce. And this is a super easy pasta recipe that everyone will love!!

Sausage Rigatoni

Ingredients
1 lb rigatoni pasta
1 lb Italian sausage, removed from casing
1 onion, diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
28 oz can crushed tomatoes
1 1/4 cup pasta water
1/2 cup heavy cream
4 cups baby spinach

Directions
Cook pasta in a pot of salted water according to the package instructions, reserving 1 1/4 cups of pasta water.
Heat oil in a pan over medium high heat and cook sausage while breaking it up with a spatula. Cook until cooked through and drain excess liquid.
Add a little more oil along with onions and garlic and cook for 3 minutes over medium heat.
Stir in basil and oregano.
Add crushed tomatoes, pasta water and cream and season really well with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then lower heat to medium low and let simmer for 5 minutes.
Stir in cooked noodles.
Stir in spinach and cook until just wilted then remove from heat.

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