Creamy Lemon Pasta with Spicy Sausage and Brussels Sprouts

What you’ll need:

• 1/2 white onion, diced

• 6 cloves of garlic, minced (or more if you’re really into garlic)

• 1 lb shaved Brussels 

• 2-4 tbsp olive oil

• 1 cup crème fraiche 

• 1/2 to 3/4 c pasta water 

• 1 lb pasta

• 1/2 c shredded parm 

• Zest of 1 lemon

• Juice of 3-4 lemons

• 1 lb spicy sausage, crumbled

• Salt and pepper

How to make it:

1. Cook sausage in a deep skillet until fully cooked and then remove sausage from pan and set aside. 

2. In a pot, boil salted water for your pasta.

3. In the sausage pan, sauté onion in olive oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes. (You may need to use a splash of chicken stock to deglaze the pan/loosen up the leftover brown bits from the sausage)

4. Add a little more olive oil and your garlic, stirring constantly so the garlic doesn’t burn. About 2 minutes.

5. Cook pasta until al dente, reserving 1 cup of pasta water. Strain and set aside.

6. In the pan with onions and garlic, add Brussels sprouts and sauté for another 5 minutes or so.

7. Add crème fraiche, lemon zest, cooked sausage, pasta water lemon juice and parmesan.

8. Let this sauce simmer on low for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. 

9. Add your cooked pasta and stir until coated. 

10. Add salt and pepper to taste & top with more parm.