Description
What to make with sausage for dinner? Add tomatoes and pasta to make this sausage pasta recipe that's super quick and comes together in 20 to 30 minutes! This recipe starts off browning the sausage, aromatics, red wine or other liquid choice to deglaze and a low simmer for a rich sauce. Pull it all together with Parmesan cheese and serve!
Ingredients
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- 350 grams fusilli, or any pasta of your choice
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 500 grams sausage, Italian, beef, pork etc
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 4 cloves of garlic, minced
- 3 to 4 tbsps tomato paste (roughly 1/4 cup)
- 1/2 cup red wine or white wine, stock/water
- 800 grams canned crushed tomatoes, 2 x 400grams (14-ounce)
- 1 1/2 tbsps fresh herbs, chopped, basil or flat Italian parsley
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/2 tsp calabrese spice
- parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Bring a pot of pasta water to boil, salt it and cook the pasta according to packet instructions, minus 1 to 2 minutes off the finishing time. It will cook finish in the sauce.
Just before draining the pasta, reserve a cup of pasta water, drain. - Place the raw sausage on a board and chop into bit sized pieces
- Heat a large skillet or non-stick pan, medium-high heat. (Use a large skillet/pan because the sauce and the pasta will both go in here). Add the olive oil and cook the sausage and brown it all around. It will cook finish in the sauce so don't overcook it, just brown it.
- Add the onion, cook for a minute or two until the onion looks cooked through then add the garlic.
- Add the red wine and with a wooden spoon start the scrape any bits on the bottom of the pan. Add the tomato paste, salt, pepper and calabrese spice.
- Add the tomatoes and fresh chopped herbs (basil or flat parsley),
- Add the cooked pasta, and add the reserved water slowly as you may not need all of it. Mix it all together and remove it from the stove. Taste and season.
- Serve with parmesan cheese while warm and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Main Dish
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Calories: 530
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 760
- Fat: 25
- Saturated Fat: 7
- Carbohydrates: 45
- Fiber: 6
- Protein: 18
- Cholesterol: 45