Home-made skewer pasta with sausage & leek

"There must be another type resemble yours", my husband kind of consoled me while I was mumbling about how my pasta so different from skewer maccheroni. There are numerous hollow pasta in a variety of shapes, right, I should be able to find one that matches. Consolation accepted. Shaping this pasta calls for square skewer (to rock the thin dough) which I don't have. I don't like keep buying new tool unless I know I'll use it often, or someone buys me a bigger house. Still given it a try (see photo on left), just to get a feeling from it first. The pasta couldn't wrap up as desired but the work was easy-breezy, pasta had an excellent texture too. Now I'm convinced, I'll buy a square skewer. This week the temperature suddenly drops a lot; I wanted to eat something rich... so here I presenting this dish - pasta with Italian sausage and leek, mixed with egg yolks and Parmigiano-Reggiano - and sending this entry to Ruth for her Presto Pasta Night.

Recipe: (yield 2 servings)

• 2 servings skewer pasta. I used home-made (the first recipe)
• 2 links Italian sausages, removed casting, crumble
• 1 leek, removed the green leaves, washed, roughly chopped
• spoonfuls dry white wine
• 2 egg yolks, light beat (I like adding spoonful of milk/cream; easier to whisk)
• Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
• salt and pepper

Direction:

• To make your own skewer pasta, please check Lidia Bastianich's site
• Pre-heat a skillet, saute the sausage over low heat, I don't add oil as the sausage would release quite a bit.
• In the meantime, cook the pasta. Please plan the timing ahead first... my home-made pasta took less than 3 minutes to cook, and I want the saute (in the following) and the pasta done the same time.
• When the sausage is almost done, raise the heat to medium, add leeks, a pinch of salt and oil if needed, in the next 30 seconds, add wine, saute until everything cooked.
• Drain the pasta, immidately drop them in a large mixing bowl and combine with egg yolks, a pinch of salt and cheese. Then fold in sausage and leek. Serve the pasta on a warm plate. Pepper and more cheese to taste.

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