What’s great about this pasta recipe is you do not have to pre-cook the pasta! Yep, it’s cooked right there in the skillet with the other ingredients. So you’re not messing up the kitchen with an extra pasta pan. That works for me. This One Pot Sausage Pasta is one super easy and yummy dinner!

This recipe for One Pot Sausage Pasta comes from my friend Ree Drummond’s newest cookbook: The Pioneer Woman Cooks Super Easy! 120 Shortcut Recipes for Dinners, Desserts, and More. This book is full of great, super easy recipes for all meals of the day, which is something I’m endlessly on the hunt for. These are recipes that don’t require a lot of prep or fuss. The recipes are designed for any level cook (even beginners), and Ree includes photos for every single step. She’s so good at that! Here are a few recipes in the book that I have bookmarked to make:

Sheet Pan Pancakes Dalgona Coffee Buffalo Chicken Totchos All the salads! Ramen Soup with Saucy Shrimp Cheeseburger Pizza Sheet Pan Mac and Cheese Chicken Fried Steak Fingers Steak Pizzaiola Meatball and Polenta Casserole Brownie S’Mores Bars The Best Potluck Dessert Ever

Ingredients needed:

olive oil sweet Italian sausage yellow onion oregano, fennel seeds and red pepper flakes garlic kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper canned tomato purée canned tomato paste low-sodium chicken broth fusilli pasta mascarpone cheese grated mozzarella cheese Parmesan shavings fresh basil

How to make One Pot Sausage Pasta:

The full, printable recipe is at the end of this post. You’ll need a large, deep skillet for this recipe. Heat olive oil in the skillet. Add the sausage, and crumble it apart. Brown the sausage (about 5 minutes). Add the onion, and cook until softened. Add the seasonings. Then add tomato purée, tomato paste and broth.

Add the uncooked pasta to the skillet, and stir. Turn the heat to low, and put the lid on the pan. Let it simmer (stirring occasionally) until the pasta has absorbed the liquid and is tender, about 20 minutes.  Turn off the heat. Stir in mascarpone cheese. Then stir in mozzarella until melted. 

Add the Parmesan cheese.

Add fresh basil. And it’s ready to serve!

Oh my gosh, that cheesy pasta is so delicious. Enjoy!

Ingredient substitutions and notes:

Ground beef may be substituted for the sausage. Penne or rotini pasta may be substituted for the fusilli pasta. You may substitute ricotta cheese or cream cheese for the mascarpone cheese.

Here are a few more one pot dinner recipes you might like to try:

One Pot Creamy Chicken and Vegetable Pasta Easy One Pot Caprese Pasta One Pot Broccoli Pasta One Pot Coconut Chickpea Curry