Vegetarian Sausage Pasta
An easy way to serve vegetarian sausages
Servings: 2
Calories: 482kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Vegetarian Sausages of your choice
- 1 Medium Onion
- 2 cloves Garlic Crushed and finely chopped
- 3 Medium Ripe Tomatoes Skins removed. Or substitute a tin of tomatoes and omit the puree
- 1 tbsp Tomato Puree
- 100 ml Red Wine
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/2 tsp Chilli Flakes
- 1/2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 20 g Parmesan
- 1 tbsp Fresh Parsley
- 120 g Dried Pasta of your choice Penne or Fusilli work well
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a deep frying pan.
- Brown the sausages on all sides and cook for about 10 minutes from frozen or 6 if they are not frozen, remove from the pan and put to one side
- Chop the onion finely and sweat in the pan that you've just cooked the sausages in over a medium heat
- After 5 minutes, add the garlic and spices and continue to cook for a minute, stirring constantly
- Add the tomato puree and cook for a further minute, continuing to stir
- Add the chopped fresh tomatoes (or canned tomatoes), together with the red wine
- At this stage, put your pasta on to cook, following the packet instructions
- Stir the tomato sauce, taste and season with salt and pepper and continue to cook for about a further 10 minutes over medium heat until it has reduced down a bit.
- Once the pasta is cooked, drain it, cover the pan and put to one side
- Cut the sausages into chunks, about 1 cm thick and stir through the sauce, reheating the whole mixture for a minute or so.
- Check the seasoning and add more salt and pepper if required. Stir through the fresh parsley.
- Stir the sauce into the pasta, then divide the mixture into shallow bowls
- Top with finely grated parmesan or vegetarian cheese
Notes
You can add a number of other vegetables of your choice at the same time as you start to cook the onion. Just make sure everything is diced into small pieces. Vegetables to add include carrots, celery, leek and mushroom
Nutrition
Calories: 482kcal | Carbohydrates: 65g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 7mg | Sodium: 620mg | Potassium: 750mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 2219IU | Vitamin C: 34mg | Calcium: 168mg | Iron: 4mg