Red Pesto Pasta with Sausage - Serving Dumplings

Ingredients

• 10.5 ounces rigatoni
• 14 ounces spicy Italian sausage
• 1 shallot (finely chopped)
• 4 garlic cloves (minced)
• ½ tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ½ tsp dried thyme
• ½ cup white wine
• 3 tbsp chopped basil leaves
• freshly ground black pepper (for serving)
• crushed red pepper flakes (for serving)
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 7 ounces sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil (not drained)
• 2 tbsp double concentrated tomato paste
• 4 tbsp toasted pine nuts
• 1 ounce grated Parmesan
• 1 tbsp sambal oelek (or other chili paste, less or more to taste)