Food & Cooking Recipes Quick & Easy Recipes Penne with Spinach Pesto and Turkey Sausage 4.0 (1) Add your rating & review By Martha Stewart Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is a bestselling author, entrepreneur, and lifestyle expert who has taught millions of people through generations the joy of entertaining, cooking, gardening, collecting, crafting, and home renovating via her eponymous magazine, Martha Stewart Living, Emmy-winning television shows, and 99 books (and counting). Based in Katonah, N.Y., where she helms her 156-acre Bedford Farm, Martha is America's first self-made female billionaire. Editorial Guidelines Updated on January 4, 2019 Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Sidney Bensimon Prep Time: 25 mins Total Time: 35 mins Servings: 4 Spinach takes center stage here: it serves as the base for the super-green pesto, along with basil and peas, and leaves are crisped in the oven for the topping. Coins of roasted Italian turkey sausage add heft but can be omitted if you want to go vegetarian. Ingredients 7 cups packed curly spinach leaves, well washed and dried 2 cups packed fresh basil leaves 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice 1 ½ cups frozen peas, thawed ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling ⅓ cup grated Parmesan, plus more for serving Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper 12 ounces sweet Italian turkey sausage (3 to 4 links) 1 pound short pasta, such as penne rigate Directions Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a food processor, combine 4 cups spinach, basil, lemon juice, 1/2 cup peas, and olive oil; process until combined. Pulse in cheese; season with salt and pepper. Using kitchen shears, snip sausage into 1-inch pieces. Drizzle with oil; roast on a rimmed baking sheet until undersides are brown, 7 to 8 minutes. Flip and push to one side. Lightly drizzle remaining 3 cups spinach with oil; season with salt and pepper. Scatter evenly over other half of sheet; roast until sausage is cooked through and spinach is crisp, 5 to 6 minutes more. Meanwhile, cook pasta in a pot of salted boiling water according to package directions. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water. Return pasta to pot; add pesto, sausage, remaining 1 cup peas, and pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, until evenly coated. Season with salt and pepper. Serve, topped with crisped spinach, more cheese, and a drizzle of oil. Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, March 2018 Rate It PRINT