Sunday, September 1, 2013

Tasty 20 minute Italian Sausage and Spinach Pasta.

Serves 3 or double it for 6.


Ingredients: 200-250g pasta of your choice. Penne or ridged Macaroni work well.
3 Country Pork or spicy Italian sausages
1 bag of spinach or a bunch swiss chard.
1/2 red onion
1 or 2 spring onions
2 tomatoes
1 clove garlic
nutmeg
3 Tablespoons blue cheese
200ml lite cream
ground pepper.


1. Put a saucepan of water to boil, then add pasta till al dente, drain reserving 3 Tbsp cooking water.
Meanwhile:
2. In a large frying pan fry, in olive oil, the half red onion gently.
3. Chop the 3 sausages into small slices, add to the onion in the pan. When almost done add the 2 sliced tomatoes, put on the lid and simmer.
4. In another pan melt a little butter and olive oil
5, Add the spring onion, chopped garlic, chopped chard stalks fry until soft.
6. Add the spinach or chopped chard to the pan, simmer then add grated nutmeg . Cover.
7. When the tomatoes have softened and all is cooked in the sausage pan add the 3 Tbsp crumbled blue cheese , allow it to melt.
8. Add half the cream to the spinach pan and half to the sausage pan, mix gently. Bring to boil turn down to very low.
9. Finally add the spinach mix to the sausage pan.
10. Lay down a bed of pasta and top with the mixed sausage,  tomato and blue cheese. gently mix the creamed spinach into it and top with lots of ground black pepper.

Serve with a fruity white wine.




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