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Super Simple Sausage Pasta Recipe

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This simple sausage pasta makes for a perfect dinner.

Taking just 30 minutes, the recipe and ingredients below will make for two good servings.

You can use whatever sausages you want, including vegetarian ones.

Ingredients

To make 1 serving

  • Around 150g Pasta
  • Splash of oil
  • 4-6 SausagesAny kind, even veggie! Fresh or frozen
  • 1 Onion, peeled and choppedFresh or frozen
  • Salt and pepperTo taste
  • 1/2 tsp SugarHalf a teaspoon
  • 2 tsp Chilli powder Or more or less to taste
  • Tin of sweetcornOr from frozen. Could swap for peas
  • 400g carton of tomato passataCould swap for tinned tomatoes

How to make delicious sausage pasta:

  1. Boil the pasta in boiling water according to the pack instructions. Drain and set aside.
  2. In a large frying pan, cook the sausages in a splash of oil, over medium heat, until browned all over – about 10 minutes. If cooking from frozen allow extra time.
  3. Remove the sausages and set aside.
  4. Back in the pan, add the chopped onion and continue cooking until the onion is soft. Again, if cooking from frozen allow more time.
  5. Add the passata. You can swap the passata for tinned tomatoes, just break down the tomatoes with a fork.
  6. Season to taste with salt, pepper, sugar, chilli powder and peas and gently cook for 10 minutes.
  7. Meanwhile, carefully cut up the sausages into bite-sized pieces.
  8. Add the sausages and sweetcorn to the sauce. You can swap the sweetcorn for peas (or leave out altogether if you prefer). Cook for a final five minutes.
  9. In a bowl, top the pasta with the sauce to serve.