Instant Pot Sausage & Shells

Name: Instant Pot Sausage & Shells
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 23 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 tbsp (1/2 stick) of salted butter; 2 large shallots, diced; 1 lb of Italian Sausage (sweet, hot or mixed), sliced into 1/2″ pieces while raw (use 2 lbs if you want it to be SUPER sausagey); 1 tbsp of crushed garlic; 3 cups of garlic broth (I used 1 tbsp of Garlic Better Than Bouillon + 3 cups of water but you can just use 3 cups of chicken broth instead if you don’t have this and it will still be great); 1 cup of white wine (any dry one, such as a Chardonnay, will do and you can use white cooking wine too if it’s all you have. If you don’t wish to use wine, add another cup of broth); 1 tsp of Italian seasoning; 1/2 tsp of dried parsley; 10 oz (approx) of Cherry or Grape Tomatoes (you can double these if you wish); 1 lb (1 box) of medium shells (I strongly suggest using this exact kind of pasta); 5 oz of baby spinach; 1/3 cup of half & half or heavy cream; 1 – 1 1/2 cup of grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for topping if desired (make sure it’s grated and NOT shredded as it melts/blends into the sauce properly. Also, the more cheese, the thicker the sauce!); 14 oz can of artichoke hearts, drained and roughly ripped up by hand

Instructions

Prep:5minCook:18min

This pasta dish is my claim to fame. It's so popular and lauded that I was invited to make it on Good Morning America where George Stephanopoulos ate it with his hands right out of the pot.

Updated at: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 01:37:08 GMT

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Ingredients

6 servings

4 Tbspsalted butter

2shallots

large, diced

1 lbitalian sausage sweet

hot or mixed, sliced into 1/2′′ pieces while raw, use 2 lbs if you want it to be super sausagey

1 Tbspcrushed garlic

3 cupsgarlic broth

i used 1 tbsp of garlic better than bouillon + 3 cups of water but you can just use 3 cups of chicken broth instead if you don’t have this and it will still be great