Penne with feta and parsley sauce

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500g penne
• salt water
• 50 g sunflower seeds or pine nuts
• 200 g feta cheese
• 200 g crème fraîche
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 pepper, red or chili pepper
• 1 pepper or chili pepper, green
• 4 sausages, coarse, fresh
• 200 g onions or shallots
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 300 g cherry tomatoes
• some flour
• salt and pepper
• olive oil

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Toast the sunflower or pine nuts in a pan without any fat. Mash the feta cheese with a fork and mix it with the crème fraîche until smooth. Clean and finely chop the peppers or chili. Chop the parsley, press the garlic, and mix everything with the feta mixture. In the meantime, cook the penne in salted water until al dente. Form the sausages into small balls and coat them in flour. Halve the onions and slice them into thin strips. Mix the feta cream with a little of the pasta cooking water until smooth. Fry the sausage balls in olive oil, add the strips of onion and the halved tomatoes, and sauté until translucent. Season with salt and pepper. After about 5 minutes, add the pasta and feta cream and heat briefly. Serve on plates and sprinkle with the sunflower seeds.