Fusilli with sausage
Serves 4
20 mins
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Getting sausages, pasta and tomato sauce ready at the right moment takes a bit of juggling, but the result is a delicious dish that every member of the family will love.
Ingredients
400
g
spicy pork sausages
2
tbsp
olive oil
1
small
onion , finely chopped
2
cloves
garlic
1
tsp
paprika
1
tsp
dried mixed herbs
1-2
tsp
chilli sauce
1
large
yellow pepper , deseeded and cut into strips
1 x 400 g can
Italian plum tomatoes
250
ml
vegetable stock
300
g
dried fusilli
salt ad ground black pepper
freshly grated Pecorino cheese , to serve
Instructions
Grill the sausages for 10-12 minutes until they are browned on all sides.
Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and garlic and cook for 3 minutes . Add the paprika , herbs and chilli sauce to taste, then the yellow pepper . Cook for 3 minutes more, stirring occasionally.
Pour in the canned tomatoes , breaking them up with a wooden spoon, then add salt and pepper to taste and stir well. Cook over a medium heat for 10-12 minutes , adding the vegetable stock gradually. At the same time, cook the pasta in a large pan of slightly salted water for 10-12 minutes .
While the tomato sauce and pasta are cooking, drain the cooked sausages on kitchen paper, and, when cool enough to touch, cut each one diagonally into 1 cm pieces.
Add the sausage pieces to the sauce and mix well. Drain the pasta and add it to the pan of sauce. Toss well, then divide among four warmed bowls, sprinkled with the grated Pecorino.
Nutrition
kcal
709
fat
39.5 g
saturates
13.3 g
carbs
72.2 g
sugar
10.5 g
fibre
4.6 g
protein
20.9 g
salt
0.77 g
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