Simple sausage pasta

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Simple sausage pasta

Add this easy recipe for quick sausage ragù to your repertoire! Bumped up with chickpeas, it's a real crowd-pleaser.

492 kcal /serving 50 min Serves 6 Easy Italian

Ingredients

  • 4 higher-welfare pork sausages or veggie sausages
  • 4 sprigs of rosemary or 2 tsp fennel seeds
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • olive oil
  • 320 g fresh or frozen chopped mixed onion, carrot & celery
  • 1 x 400 g tin of chickpeas
  • 2 x 400 g tins of quality plum tomatoes
  • 450 g pasta shells
  • optional: Parmesan cheese, for grating

Preparation

Not specified

Cooking

  1. Place a large shallow casserole pan on a medium-high heat.
  2. Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skins into the pan, breaking it up with a wooden spoon and fry until lightly golden, stirring regularly.
  3. (If using veggie sausages, roughly slice and fry in 1 tablespoon of olive oil until golden and crispy.).
  4. Pick and roughly chop the rosemary leaves and peel and finely slice the garlic.
  5. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of oil into the pan then add the chopped mixed veg, rosemary and garlic.
  6. Season to perfection, then mash everything together with a masher and cook for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until softened.
  7. Pour in the chickpeas, juice and all, and scrunch in the tomatoes along with 1 tin’s worth of water, mashing everything up until fine.
  8. Bring to the boil, then reduce to a medium-low heat and simmer for 30 minutes, until thick and delicious, mashing everything up with a potato masher.
  9. When the sauce has around 12 minutes remaining, cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain, reserving a mugful of the starchy cooking water.
  10. Toss the cooked pasta into the sauce, adding splashes of the water to loosen if needed, then divide between bowls.
  11. Grate over a little Parmesan and drizzle with a little olive oil, if you like, and serve.

Plating & Serving

Not specified

Suggested Sides

Nutrition per Serving

492 Calories
18.6g Protein 16% DV
78.4g Carbs 27% DV
12.0g Fat 15% DV
9.2g Fiber 24% DV
9.1g Sugars
341mg Sodium 23% DV
12mg Cholesterol 3% DV
Diet Type High Fiber
Health Labels Egg Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free Fish Free Shellfish Free Crustacean Free Mustard Free Sesame Free Lupine Free Mollusk Free Alcohol Free No Sugar Added Sulphite Free

* Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Recipe Details
Category main
Meal Type Dinner
Tags quick, comfort-food, pasta