Creamy Rose Pasta with Pork Sausage
Servings: 4
Calories: 1142kcal
Creamy Rose Pasta with Pork Sausage is the ideal easy and stress-free, yet comforting and fulfilling, weeknight dinner, and it’s on the dinner table in under 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 400 g rigatoni
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 500 g pork and fennel sausages, meat squeezed from casings
- 1 tbsp freshly grated garlic
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 400 g canned crushed tomatoes
- 250 g thickened (whipped/heavy) cream
- 90 g baby spinach leaves
- ½ tsp sea salt flakes
- ½ tsp freshly cracked black pepper
- 100 g freshly grated parmesan, plus extra to serve
- ¼ bunch basil, leaves picked, to serve
Instructions
- Cook the pasta – Cook the rigatoni as per the packet directions minus 1 minute – it will finish cooking when combined with the sauce. Reserve 125 ml (½ cup) of the pasta cooking water (take it out of the pot using a ladle or mug while the pasta is cooking). Drain the pasta.
- Cook the sausages – Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large, heavy-based frying pan over medium–high heat. Add the sausages and cook, turning, for 3–4 minutes until golden, breaking them up as you go. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.
- Add the remaining sauce ingredients – Add the tomato paste and stir it through for 30 seconds, then add the crushed tomatoes, cream, baby spinach, salt and pepper.
- Cook – Simmer for about 5–6 minutes until the sauce begins to thicken. Add the parmesan and the cooked pasta and stir them through – add the reserved pasta cooking water to loosen the sauce if needed.
- Serve – Serve with the extra parmesan and basil leaves.
Notes
Make Ahead
Sauce – Prepare the sauce as per the recipe. For best results, refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw completely in the fridge overnight before reheating. Serve with freshly cooked pasta or see below. Pasta – Cooked pasta can also be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 2 days or frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw completely in the fridge overnight before reheating and tossing through the pasta sauce.Leftovers
Refrigerate for up to 2 days. Freeze for up to 2 months. Thaw completely in the fridge overnight before reheating.Nutrition Facts
Creamy Rose Pasta with Pork Sausage
Amount per Serving
Calories
1142
% Daily Value*
Fat
69
g
106
%
Saturated Fat
30
g
188
%
Trans Fat
0.3
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
7
g
Monounsaturated Fat
26
g
Cholesterol
182
mg
61
%
Sodium
1754
mg
76
%
Potassium
1021
mg
29
%
Carbohydrates
86
g
29
%
Fiber
5
g
21
%
Sugar
8
g
9
%
Protein
43
g
86
%
Vitamin A
3541
IU
71
%
Vitamin C
19
mg
23
%
Calcium
356
mg
36
%
Iron
5
mg
28
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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