Italian Sausage Pasta

Ingredients

• 400g penne or rigatoni
• 500g Italian sausages, skinned and crumbled
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp fennel seeds
• 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
• 1 can chopped tomatoes
• 200ml double cream
• 50g parmesan
• Olive oil
• Basil

Instructions

1. Cook pasta until al dente; reserve pasta water.
2. Brown the sausage in olive oil, breaking it up.
3. Add the onion, garlic, fennel seeds and chilli; cook 5 minutes.
4. Stir in the tomatoes; simmer 10 minutes.
5. Pour in the cream; warm through.
6. Toss with pasta, loosen with pasta water.
7. Finish with parmesan and basil.

Serving suggestions

• Lovely with crusty bread and a salad.

Storage & reheating

Keeps 3 days.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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