Chunky sausage & tomato pasta

Chunky sausage & tomato pasta

By Jo Pratt
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Prep: 5 mins Cook: 20 mins

Easy

Serves 4
Jazz up sausages with this spicy tomato pasta

Nutrition and extra info

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Nutrition: per serving

  • kcal655
  • fat16g
  • saturates5g
  • carbs103g
  • sugars0g
  • fibre5g
  • protein24g
  • salt1g
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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
    olive oil

    Olive oil

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  • 4 thick pork sausages, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 200ml medium white wine
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400g can chopped tomatoes
    Tomato

    Tomato

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  • 500g pack rigatoni or penne
  • handful basil leaves, torn, (optional)
  • parmesan, to serve
    Parmesan

    Parmesan

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Method

  1. Heat the olive oil in a heavy-based pan (preferably not non-stick) and add the sausages. Fry for about 8 mins until golden and cooked through. Tip in the garlic and fry for 1 min. Pour in the white wine and boil until it has reduced by half.

  2. Stir in the tomato purée and tomatoes, and season to taste. Simmer for 15 mins until the sauce is rich and thick.

  3. While the sauce cooks, boil the pasta according to pack instructions and drain. Stir in the basil if using, and cooked pasta into the sauce, then serve in bowls with grated or shaved Parmesan.

  • Recipe Tip

    Making it veggie or spicy

    Use veggie sausages, such as Cauldron Vegetarian Lincolnshire sausages, available from supermarkets. Or to make it spicy, add a pinch of dried chilli or 1 chopped red chilli as you fry the sausages.

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amandarolph
8th May, 2019
My fussy eater loved this. I added onion as others suggested. Then added courgette and pepper when the garlic went in. Didn't use wine and instead used vegetable stock cube. I baked the sausages in the oven and added with the tomatoes as some had suggested. Very tasty!
Norma. mackey
30th Oct, 2018
5.05
Simple and delicious! Even the non-pasta lovers in our house wolfed the lot! Definitely will make again.
Niknakgd
30th Jul, 2018
I just made this, I missed out the wine and used a veg stock cube instead and I added some red peppers when I was cooking the onions this was very delicious and I will definitely be making it again. I did not add any spice or any parmasen.
Char9017
21st Oct, 2017
4.05
This is a nice recipe but I wouldn't say it was spicy. I'm glad I read some other reviews before making it. I added an extra tin of chopped tomatoes, a tsp of chilli flakes and 1/2 tsp of paprika which did give it that spice and a really nice taste. I think next time I'd add some veg in too.
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Joesyjo
23rd Aug, 2017
5.05
This is delicious. I used sausage meat, added onions, sage and a couple of rashers of bacon I had left over. I didn't have any white wine so used Rosè. You can really mix this recipe up and it's still good.
pizzalady
29th Jul, 2017
5.05
Nice and easy and very tasty although I made a few tweaks! I baked the sausages first and added them with the tomatoes (used two tins). Fried some courgette and pepper first with the garlic, added some chilli flakes as other suggested, and used chicken stock instead of opening a bottle of wine. Finally, added a grated carrot at the veg stage for sweetness instead of adding sugar. Everyone enjoyed it so will be making again.
heather444
8th Jul, 2017
4.05
So easy and quick to prepare, very tasty too. A perfect dinner particularly for a weeknight.Gave us 4 really good portions. Could probably even feed 5 with this.
amyma93
20th May, 2017
5.05
Easy and quick recipe - definitely recommend as a mid-week meal! I used 2 tins of chopped tomatoes instead of 1 and also apple juice instead of wine which sweetened it nicely.
andiet
11th May, 2017
4.05
Very tasty. Used passata instead of tinned tomatoes, added dried basil and chilli flakes.
mtp1905
23rd Nov, 2016
5.05
Cooked this a few days ago and followed the recipe. I would agree to use an extra tin of tomatoes and maybe half teaspoon of sugar. That said it's a great comfort food standby to put together something filling and tasty. Next time I think i will substitute about 100g pasta with veg for a lighter option. I have three of Jo Pratt's books and her food is really good. Her book "in the mood for entertaining' has never failed me:)

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sosman1983
3rd Apr, 2015
Is the calorie count per serving or for the whole recipe? I.e. If we are having the ingredients because there are just two of us do we half the calories? Thanks
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goodfoodteam
20th Apr, 2015
Hi sosman1983 the calorie count is per serving so if you were serving this recipe between 2 people you would be getting double the calories. All our recipe are calculated per serving unless otherwise stated. Hope this helps. 
Eles22
18th Dec, 2013
I am muslim so I used veggie sausages and used vegetable stock as a substitute for wine. I also used fresh chopped chilli when I added the garlic for a kick. I added about 5 sun dried tomatoes chopped to give an extra texture. And used dried oregano instead of fresh basil as I didn't have any. Although I tweaked the recepie quite a bit, it tasted great and was a hit with my husband and three year old.
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