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Spicy sausage ragu with spirali recipe

Spicy sausage ragu with spirali recipe

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This spicy sausage and tomato ragu with spirali pasta is a flavour-packed dish that's sure to become a new favourite. Using pork sausages for the ragu base makes this recipe quick and easy to prepare, on the table in just half an hour. Add more or less chilli, depending on how spicy you like it, and scatter with flat-leaf parsley for a fresh finish. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 4 mins to prepare and 26 mins to cook
  • 612 calories / serving
  • Healthy
  • Dairy-free

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 1 large carrot, finely chopped
  • 2 celery sticks, finely chopped
  • 300g pork sausages, casings removed
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • ½-1 tsp crushed chillies, to taste
  • 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 400g spirali pasta
  • ½ x 30g pack flat-leaf parsley, leaves finely chopped

Perfect with:

  • Birra Moretti Premium Lager Beer Bottle 12x330ml
    A well-balanced lager, perfect with Italian cuisine
  • Birra Moretti Zero Alcohol Free Beer 4 x 330ml
    A non-alcoholic beer with hoppy and citrus notes

Perfect with:

  • Birra Moretti Premium Lager Beer Bottle 12x330ml
    A well-balanced lager, perfect with Italian cuisine
  • Birra Moretti Zero Alcohol Free Beer 4 x 330ml
    A non-alcoholic beer with hoppy and citrus notes

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    If you don't have chopped tomatoes, chop up a tin of plum tomatoes instead

    Each serving contains

    • Energy

      2575kj
      612kcal
      31%
    • Fat

      18g 26%
    • Saturates

      6g 29%
    • Sugars

      12g 13%
    • Salt

      1.1g 18%

    of the reference intake
    Carbohydrate 84.7g Protein 27.3g Fibre 6.4g

    Method

    1. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over a high heat. Add the onion, carrot, celery and sausages and cook, breaking up the sausages with a wooden spoon, for 10 mins, stirring every now and then.
    2. Add the garlic and chilli flakes and cook for a further 1 min before adding the tomatoes and balsamic vinegar. Reduce the heat to medium and leave to simmer for a further 15 mins. 
    3. MMeanwhile, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to the pack instructions. Drain, reserving 2 tbsp of the pasta water, then toss the pasta with the sauce and the reserved water. Divide between 4 plates and sprinkle the parsley over the top.

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