Paprika White Wine Bucatini with Italian Sausage is a one pot pasta meal! The bucatini is cooked like risotto in a white wine sauce with sausage and paprika. It's luxurious and super simple to make with only 6 ingredients!
1lbItalian sausage, sweet or spicy, casings removed
3tbspsweet paprika
1tspkosher salt
2cupsdry white wine
3-3 1/2cupschicken or vegetable stock
1lbbucatini, broken in half if your pan isn't wide enough... you will want to have the whole pasta submerged at all times
1/4cupfreshly grated parmesan, more for garnish
chopped chivesgarnish
fresh black pepper
Instructions
In a large, wide sauté pan with lid, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. You will want this pan to be wide enough to have all the bucatini in laying flat. If your pan is not wide enough, break your pasta in half.
Add the onions and sauté until translucent and starting to brown, about 5 minutes.
Add the sausage and break it up as it browns, about 4 minutes.
Add paprika and salt and sauté for 30 seconds until fragrant.
Add the white wine and scrape the bottom of the pan as it bubbles to release the bits of flavor.
Add 1 cup of the stock. Once it comes to a boil, add the bucatini and reduce the heat to medium-low.
Cover the pan. Stir often making sure the bucatini doesn’t stick to the bottom.
Once the sauce begins to reduce and thicken, add stock one cup at a time, stirring and covering in between stirs.
Continue doing this with the remaining stock until the pasta is cooked through. It will take anywhere between 16-18 minutes. This is like cooking risotto; adding liquid as needed until cooked through. If you're out of stock, use water!
Once the bucatini is al-dente, toss in the parmesan and some black pepper.
Check for seasoning and adjust with the salt. Plate and garnish with chives and parmesan. Enjoy!
Notes
You can totally make this meat free without adding the sausage!