Easy Sausage Carbonara Recipes

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a pot of boiling water according to the package directions. Drain, reserving some of the cooking water.
• Set a large pan with straight sides over medium-high heat and add the olive oil and sausage. Cook, breaking up the sausage, until brown, about 5 minutes, then season with salt and a few hefty grinds of coarse black pepper -- it's all about the pepper!
• In a small bowl, whisk together the Parmesan cheese and eggs.
• Add the drained pasta to the pan and swirl until it's mostly coated with the fat of the sausage. Remove the pan from the heat and add a spoonful or so of the pasta water along with the egg and cheese mixture. Toss rapidly to coat the pasta with the eggs and cheese. Continue to toss until the water evaporates a bit and creates a bit of a sauce. Add the parsley and toss again. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage. Using a knife, a fork or your hands on a cutting board, break meat into small pieces. Heat oil and butter in a large skillet. Add onion and cook on medium-low just until translucent.
• Add sausage, mashing and breaking it up with a wooden spoon until it is uniformly crumbly and has lost its pinkness. Stir in the pepper and bay leaves. Add wine and cook until it has nearly evaporated, about 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and discard bay leaves. Season meat to taste with salt.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti until al dente, 6 to 7 minutes. Meanwhile, fill a large serving bowl with hot water or warm it in a low oven. Lightly beat the eggs in a small dish. Just before pasta is done, return pan with sausage to low heat. When pasta is done, slowly beat about a tablespoon of pasta water into eggs. Then drain the pasta.
• Transfer sausage to warm serving bowl. Pour spaghetti on top and toss it with the sausage, slowly adding the beaten eggs. Add salt to taste and fold in the pecorino.

Steps:

• Using a sharp knife, slit sausage casing and remove meat.
• With wet hands, form meat into 3/4-inch meatballs.
• In large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat.
• Saute meatballs until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
• Add pancetta, salt, pepper and cook 3-4 minutes longer.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions.
• In large bowl, combine egg yolks, cream, 1/2 cup of the cheese, parsley and lemon zest.
• Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water.
• Immediately toss pasta with egg mixture in the pasta pot; add sausage meatballs.
• Note: The sauce should be smooth and silky.
• If pasta becomes a bit sticky, add some of the reserved pasta cooking water.
• Sprinkle with the remaining 1/2 cup cheese.

Steps:

• Slice Italian sausage into 1/2 inch pieces. Boil 6 cups of water, 2 1/2 T. salt and 1/4 cup olive oil in saucepan. Add frozen ravioli to boiling water and cook, stirring often, until al dente. Drain water.
• Toss ravioli with 2 T. olive oil to keep pasta from sticking together. Set aside.
• In a saute pan, brown sausage and bacon crumbles. Drain. Add pasta sauce and 1 cup heavy cream to sausage and simmer for 2 minutes. Add pasta. Mix well. Top with grated parmesan cheese and parsley flakes.