Penne in Spicy Sausage Peanut Cream Sauce

Ingredients
1 Jar Maffé simmer sauce
1 lb chicken Italian sausage links
1 lb penne pasta
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp canola oil
4 garlic cloves crushed
1 cup heavy whipping cream
½ cup shredded parmesan cheese
¼ cup fresh torn up basil leaves
¼ – ½ tsp cayenne pepper (adjust according to your heat tolerance)

Directions

1. Cook pasta in salted water until just tender but still has a bite to it – “al dente”. Toss with the butter and set aside.

2. Heat oil in a large and deep pan until hot, remove casings from sausage, add to pan and break apart to crumble. Cook until no longer pink. Add garlic and cayenne pepper and cook for an additional 2-3 minutes.

3. Add jar of Maffé sauce and cream. Bring to a boil and immediately turn down to a simmer. Simmer covered for 10 minutes.

4. Turn off heat; add pasta, basil leaves and parmesan cheese and let it cook in the residual heat. Toss everything together. Sprinkle with a little more cheese if desired and serve with salad and garlic bread.