Breakfast Sausage Pasta - foodsofjane

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb rigatoni or other pasta of choice
• ~1 lb ground pork sausage
• 1 handful of torn sage leaves (about 8-10 leaves)
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 4 grated or minced garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp salted butter
• 2 additional tbsp salted butter (for the roux)
• 1 1/2 tbsp all purpose flour (for the roux)
• 1 1/2 cup whole milk
• optional : poached egg topping
• optional : parmesan cheese topping