Creamy Sausage Pasta
This Creamy Sausage Pasta is a quick and easy one pot recipe. It makes a brilliant midweek dinner, where the pasta is cooked in a super tasty the sauce, all in a single pan.
Servings: 4 People
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Olive oil
- 1 Large onion Peeled and chopped
- 3 Cloves garlic Peeled and crushed
- 400 g Good quality pork sausages
- 2 Large Red peppers Deseeded and sliced
- 250 g Dry pasta
- 400 g Tin of chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp Fennel seeds
- 2 tsp Italian herbs
- 0.5 tsp Dried chilli flakes
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 750 ml Vegetable stock See notes
- 250 g Cream cheese
- 100 g Parmesan cheese Grated
- 25 g Fresh basil Chopped, optional
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan or frying pan (one which has a lid) over a medium heat. Add the onions and garlic and fry gently until softened (about 4 - 5 minutes).
- Remove the sausages from their skins and plop into the pan in small chunks, add the pepper slices, turn up the heat and let everything fry for 5 minutes until the sausage chunks are golden and the peppers are just starting to blacken at the edges.
- Add the dry pasta, chopped tomatoes, fennel seeds, Italian herbs, chilli flakes, salt and pepper and about 500ml of the stock. Give everything a good stir, pop the lid on and cook for 13 - 15 minutes until the pasta is ALMOST cooked through and most of the liquid has been absorbed.
- * Note! I always make up 750ml of stock and then check on the pasta as it cooks and add more if needed, if it's looking dry. If you like very 'wet' saucy pasta, go ahead and add it all at the start.
- When the pasta is JUST ALMOST cooked, add the cream cheese, parmesan cheese and fresh basil (if using). Give everything a good stir and leave on the heat for a minute or two just to warm through.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Onions and Garlic: I use preprepared, frozen as I am always looking for a shortcut!
Adding the stock: I always make up 750ml of stock and then check on the pasta as it cooks and add more if needed, if it's looking dry. If you like very 'wet' saucy pasta, go ahead and add it all at the start
Veggie sausages: You can try this as a vegetarian alternative dish by using chunks of veggie sausages instead. It will work really well
Vegetables: Feel free to mix up the kind of veggies you add in here, according to your tastes or what you have in and needs using up
Fennel seeds: Please do try the fennel seeds in this - they really make the dish!
Nutrition
Calories: 684kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 42g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 2079mg | Potassium: 1121mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 4080IU | Vitamin C: 120.8mg | Calcium: 416mg | Iron: 4.3mg