100 New Recipes - #4 Rigatoni alla Norcina

[lillibet]

This is a dish I've really enjoyed at Trattoria Toscana, but 1) we don't get there often enough and 2) they've taken it off their menu, so I am dependent on the kindness of the chef to make it for me, especially. So I decided it would make sense to try and duplicate it at home and discovered that it's actually incredibly easy.

I worked from this recipe, but the sausage I had on hand was hot Italian, rather than mild and I added in some chopped steamed spinach. It seems like a lot of pasta for the amount of sauce, but it's so rich that it works well. The longest part of the process was waiting for the water to boil.