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Sausage alla Norma recipe

10 ratings

This Sicilian-inspired pasta dish is made with a sausage tomato sauce and roasted aubergines. Add in a dash of chilli flakes, if you can handle the heat. See method

Serves 4
Takes 40 mins
704 calories / serving

Ingredients

2 aubergines, sliced in half lengthways and cut into 1cm slices
3 tbsp olive oil
6 Tesco Finest reduced fat pork sausages, skins removed
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 large garlic cloves, crushed
pinch of chilli flakes
1 tin plum tomatoes
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp dried oregano
350g rigatoni
15g pack fresh basil leaves, roughly torn
Parmesan, grated, to serve

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

Each serving contains

Energy
2960kj
704kcal 35%
Fat
25g 36%
Saturates
7g 34%
Sugars
12g 14%
Salt
1.1g 19%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 83.1g Protein 30.4g Fibre 11.1g

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. Arrange the aubergines on two lined baking sheets, drizzle over 2 tbsp olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Toss to coat in the oil, then roast for 30 mins, turning halfway.
Meanwhile, make the sauce. Heat the remaining oil in a large, deep frying pan over a high heat. Roughly break the sausage meat into the pan and, using a wooden spoon to break it up, fry for 8-10 mins until well browned.
Turn the heat down and add the onion, garlic and chilli flakes. Cook for a further 5 mins until the onion is softened. Add the tinned tomatoes (fill the empty can halfway with water and pour in the pan too), tomato pureé, sugar and oregano, and stir to combine. Season with black pepper and leave to simmer while you cook the spaghetti.
Cook the pasta for 8-10 mins or until al dente. Reserve a mug of the pasta water, then drain and set aside.
Once the aubergine is golden and soft, remove from the oven and stir into the tomato sauce along with the basil leaves.
Add the cooked spaghetti along with a splash of the pasta water and toss to combine.
Serve immediately with grated Parmesan on top.

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