Friday dance time friends! This week has been HOT (is summer over yet?) and super busy. I mean the kind of busy where when I leave the house, I have so many things running through my head, that I have call a friend to go over to my house to make sure I shut my garage door on my way out. Can anyone relate?
I’m a crazy organized person (emphasis on crazy) who LOVES lists, and today I’ve FINALLY crossed off all my items. So you know what that means, my Friday dance is like the running man on steroids. I know my friends can actually envision me doing that. I happen to have some mad skills 😉
Things that made this week better:
1. An impromptu date night, that was much-needed, at a favorite restaurant of ours last night
2. Vogue’s September issue is out today
3. This sauce!
I am very picky about sauces, to a point of being borderline obnoxious. This sauce blew away every expectation that I had for it. It starts off with a good base (you can’t go wrong with a jar of San Marzano marinara), but when you doctor a simple delicious sauce up with extra onions, garlic, sausage, arugula, mascarpone and Parmesan, it takes it to a whole new level. I could hardly eat it because I wouldn’t stop talking about how great it was. It had the slightest spice from the sausage and arugula, creaminess from the mascarpone and a salty bite from the Parmesan…in other words, a party in my mouth.
I love the idea of using it as a baked potato topping instead of pasta. It’s a nice change of pace. I have so many ideas for this sauce in the future. You must try this Baked Potato with Sausage and Arugula Sauce as soon as humanly possible. Sorry to sound bossy, but MAKE IT NOW!
Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, salt and pepper and cook onions until they start to soften, about 5 minutes.
Add in garlic. All good things in life start off with onions and garlic.
Add the sausage and crumble with the back of a wooden spoon. Continue cooking until sausage is browned and cooked through.
Grab your favorite jarred marinara sauce.
Pour the sauce right over the top of the sausage mixture.
Then, add in the arugula. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3 minutes, until arugula has completely wilted.
And now for the magic, spoon in the mascarpone cheese and stir until it melts and creates the most delicious creamy sauce.
Finally, sprinkle on some Parmesan cheese. Stir in the cheese and season with salt and pepper IF needed.
Grab your baked potato and cut a slit in the top.
Press both ends of the potato together until it pops open.
Spoon on a good helping of the sausage and arugula sauce. Sprinkle with a little fresh parsley.
Mangia! Mangia!
- 1½ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- ½ small onion, diced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- ¼ pound Italian-style turkey sausage, ground
- ¾ cups jarred marinara sauce
- 1½ cups baby arugula
- ¼ cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan
- 2 baked russet potatoes
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, salt and pepper and cook onions until they start to soften, about 5 minutes. Add in garlic.
- Add the sausage and crumble with the back of a wooden spoon. Continue cooking until sausage is browned and cooked through.
- Grab your favorite jarred marinara sauce and pour the sauce right over the top of the sausage mixture and add in the arugula. Bring to a boil and simmer for 3-5 minutes, until arugula has completely wilted.
- Spoon in the mascarpone cheese and stir until it melts and creates the most delicious creamy sauce.
- Finally, sprinkle on some Parmesan cheese. Stir in the cheese and season with salt and pepper IF needed.
- Grab your baked potatoes and cut a slit in the top.
- Press both ends of the potatoes together until they pop open.
- Spoon on a good helping of the sausage and arugula sauce. Sprinkle with a little fresh parsley.
It’s Friday, you know the drill. Come party with us over at Fiesta Friday!
I love everything from cake to kale. Life is all about balance. I like to live, laugh and love to the fullest! Our time is too short not to enjoy ourselves.
I never thought to put sauce on potatoes. Great idea, pinned!
Thank you Jess!
Sarah! Ok, two things speak to my heart here… #1 – Every Friday is always deemed, “Dance Party Friday” in my world 🙂 #2 – “All good things in life start off with onions & garlic” I could NOT agree MORE!!! Ok, make that three things. #3 – I need this sauce in my life! Pinned! And, I’m an obsessive list maker who has way too many things left undone to enjoy my weekend. Gah! I’ll just make this instead 🙂
Ha! Great minds think alike 🙂 I agree, put your list away for 20 minutes and make this!
Yummy Sarah I loved that you paired it with a Baked Potato, nice change up!!! 🙂
Thanks Amy! I was really surprised how well it worked together 🙂
Very good Sarah! Dance the night away girlfriend…
I sure did 🙂
Oh boy! :)) This looks amazing, Sarah.My boyfriend will surely love this one.
He will not be disappointed! 🙂
Did you just stuff a potato with sausage? WHAT?!?! Girl I am over here drooling lol. This looks absolutely amazing Sarah. I can’t want to make this for dinner.
Yes I did 😉 It’s my new favorite!
Great recipe and fab photos really enjoyable read!
Thanks so much!