Rigatoni with Squash, Spicy Sausage and Goat Cheese

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This is a new recipe I found and the family enjoyed it.

1lb. rigatoni
3 tbs. extra virgin olive oil
3/4 lbs. hot Italian sausage
1/3 cup. finely chopped shallots
2 cups. diced yellow squash ( I mixed yellow squash and zucchini)
3 oz. fresh goat cheese (crumbled)
parsley
black pepper


Boil water for the rigatoni and cook until it is almost al dente, about 10 min.
While pasta is cooking, use some of the oil to cook the sausage. Crumble the sausage in the pan and cook almost through. Remove sausage from pan but leave the grease. Add the remaining oil and add the shallots. Cook about 1 min and add the chopped squash. Cook until squash is almost tender.

Drain the pasta but save about a cup of pasta water. Place the pasta back into the pot and add the sausage and squash mixture. Toss together and let it cook until sausage is thoroughly done. About another 5 min. Add the goat cheese and parsley until cheese is melted and coating the pasta. If mixture becomes to dry, add some of the pasta water to keep mixture moist. Season with black pepper.

Enjoy!