A comforting pasta dish from ” Very Simple Food” by Jill Dupleix
Ingredients
- 8 small spicy Italian pork sausages
- 1 small onion peeled and finely sliced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp butter
- 150 ml milk
- 400 g canned tomatoes roughly chopped
- 1 tsp sugar
- a pinch nutmeg
- sea salt and black pepper
- 400 g cavateppi, penne or other short tube pasta
- 2 tbsps cream optional
- freshly grated parmesan
Servings:
Instructions
- Slit open the sausages and remove the meat, discarding the skins.
- Heat the olive oil and butter in a frying pan and cook the onion gently for 5-6 minutes until soft but not coloured.
- Pinch the meat into the pan and fry, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until it is cooked but not browned. Add the milk and simmer very gently, stirring, for 5 minutes until it is all absorbed.
- Add the tomatoes and their juice to the pan with the sugar, nutmeg and salt and pepper. Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring now and then.
- Meanwhile cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
- Add the cream to the sauce if using and heat through gently.
- Drain the pasta, toss well with the sauce and serve with plenty of freshly grated parmesan.
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