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"Antipasto" Pasta with Sausage, Artichoke Hearts, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes

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A bowl of antipasto pasta with a fork.
Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Beatrice Chastka, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson

This quick and easy pasta is made entirely from ingredients kept in the pantry, so you can make it whenever a carb craving strikes. Inspired by elements often seen on Italian antipasto platters, the pasta is tossed with dry-cured sausage, artichoke hearts, and sun-dried tomatoes along with a simple tomato paste and olive oil sauce, and topped with toasted pine nuts and crisp peperoncini.

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    25 minutes

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

1 pound spaghetti or other long pasta
Kosher salt
1/4 cup pine nuts (about 1.5 ounces)
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 ounces dry-cured sausage, quartered lengthwise, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons tomato paste
24 ounces marinated artichoke hearts, drained, cut into 1/2"-thick wedges if large
3/4 cup thinly sliced drained oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes (about 2 ounces)
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup thinly sliced peperoncini

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid; return pasta to pot.

    Step 2

    Toast pine nuts in a small dry skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, 3–5 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl.

    Step 3

    Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high. Cook sausage and tomato paste, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes and cook, stirring, until heated through, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat.

    Step 4

    Add sausage mixture and 3/4 cup pasta cooking liquid to pot with pasta; season with 1/4 tsp. pepper. Toss to coat and add remaining 1/4 cup pasta cooking liquid, if needed, to loosen.

    Step 5

    Divide pasta among plates. Season with pepper and top with peperoncini.

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