Pasta with Sausage, Swiss Chard, and Pine Nuts

Name: Pasta with Sausage, Swiss Chard, and Pine Nuts
Yield: serves 4
Ingredients: 3/4 cup raisins; Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 pound gemelli or other short pasta shape; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 12 ounces sweet Italian sausage, casings removed; 1 pound Swiss chard, tough stems removed, leaves cut into thin strips; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/3 cup pine nuts, toasted (see page 365); 1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese, plus more for serving

December 22, 2011

The combination of raisins, pine nuts, and chard is typical in Sicilian cooking; here it is used in a robust pasta dish, along with crumbled sweet Italian sausage. Running a paring knife down the center of the sausage is the easiest way to remove the casing.

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