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A plate of rigatoni goat cheese tomato pasta with creamy sauce, ground meat, spinach, and grated cheese, served with a fork.

Goat Cheese Tomato Pasta with Chorizo and Spinach

Yield: 4 servings
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
This goat cheese tomato pasta with chorizo and spinach is a quick, flavorful dinner made with simple pantry ingredients. Chorizo adds bold, savory depth, while goat cheese melts into the crushed tomatoes to create a creamy, tangy sauce that coats every piece of pasta. Ready in just 25 minutes, it’s an easy, satisfying weeknight staple you'll love.

Ingredients

Instructions 

  • Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook according to the package directions. Before draining, remove 1 cup of the pasta cooking water.
    8 ounces short-shaped pasta
    Cooked rigatoni pasta draining in a metal colander, with a glass measuring cup of pasta water next to it—perfect for making creamy goat cheese tomato pasta on a white countertop.
  • While the water is heating, remove the sausage meat from the casing and add it to a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook the sausage, breaking it up into small pieces, until it is no longer pink.
    4 fresh chorizo sausage links
    A white pot with black handles contains cooked and crumbled seasoned ground meat, perfect for adding to goat cheese tomato pasta, on a white surface.
  • Add the garlic and and Italian seasoning and cook for 1 minute. Add the crushed tomatoes and goat cheese and bring to a simmer. Stir until the goat cheese melts into the sauce. Season to taste with salt and pepper and then stir in the spinach.
    3 cloves garlic, ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning, 14 ounce can crushed tomatoes, 5 ounces goat cheese, Salt and pepper, 3 ounces baby spinach leaves
    A black pot filled with creamy orange curry, reminiscent of goat cheese tomato pasta, with visible spinach and herbs on a white marble surface.
  • Add the drained pasta to the sauce and stir well. Add a little of the reserved pasta cooking water to loosen the sauce. Serve with some parmesan cheese over top.
    Parmesan cheese
    Large pot filled with rigatoni pasta in a creamy goat cheese tomato sauce with visible spinach and herbs, set on a white marble surface.

Notes

Chorizo: This recipe was tested using fresh chorizo, not cured. It looks similar to spicy Italian sausage, only darker red, thanks to the spice annatto, and must be cooked before eating. If you can't find any, spicy Italian sausage is an excellent substitute. It is sometimes sold in bulk, rather than formed into sausage links. If you buy it in bulk, use 12 ounces. 
ingredients for goat cheese tomato pasta
Serving: 1 = ¼ of the recipe, Calories: 496kcal, Carbohydrates: 51g, Protein: 25g, Fat: 21g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Cholesterol: 83mg, Sodium: 283mg, Potassium: 557mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 6g, Vitamin A: 3051IU, Vitamin C: 33mg, Calcium: 143mg, Iron: 4mg