Wednesday 16 October 2013

Saucy sausage pasta

Saucy Sausage Pasta - Poornima Shenoy


Ingredients:


1 tbsp olive oil
1 packet of sausages (chicken) cut into chunky pieces
1 large onion , chopped
2 garlic cloves , crushed
1 tsp chilli powder
1 bell pepper diced
2 tbsp tomato paste (tomatoes blanched, made into paste, cooked and reduced in some olive oil and salt)
300g short pasta such as fusilli or farfalle (just over half a 500g bag)
Italian seasoning - Tomato flakes, red chilli flakes, thyme, oregano, basil

Method:

Put a large pan of water on to boil. Heat the oil in a large frying pan and fry the sausage chunks on a fairly high heat until they are golden brown all over. Now turn the heat down and add the onion, garlic and bell pepper cooking them until they have softened.
Stir in the chilli powder and tomato paste with the sausages, add little water and bring the sauce to the boil then turn the heat down and let it bubble for about 10 minutes while you cook the pasta.
Drop the pasta into the pan of boiling water and cook according to the pack instructions. Drain the pasta, then tip it into the frying pan with the sausage sauce, add italian seasoning, mixing well to coat. Dish up immediately with crusty bread.


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