Recipe By Jaxters
Ref: 772
Heading: Pasta
Cuisine: Italian
Food Type: Meat
No of Portions: 4
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Ingredients & Prep
250 g
Dried Penne pasta
400 g
Italian Sausages
200 g
Hard cows milk mozzarella grated
2 tbsp
Olive oil
Tomato Sauce
400 ml
Tomato Passata
250 ml
Water
1/2 Onion chopped
2 Garlic clove grated
2 Tomato puree
1 tbsp
Fresh basil chopped
1/2 tsp
Chilli flake (optional)
1 tsp
Fennel seeds crushed
1 tsp
Caster sugar
1/2 tsp
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp
Salt
Method
Step 1
Pre-heat oven to 180°C fan.
Step 2
Cook pasta as per instructions in slightly salted water.
Step 3
In a frying pan fry the sausages until cooked & brown, set aside to cool.
Step 4
Make the tomato sauce, place onion & olive oil in the same frying pan over a med heat, stir & cook onion until soft, then add garlic & cook for a one more minute, then add passata, water, sugar, tomato puree, crushed fennel seeds chilli flakes if used, sugar, salt & pepper, bring to a simmer & cook for 2 mins stirring all the time, when done blend sauce with a stick/hand blender or liquidiser to smooth, then add basil & stir in.
Step 5
Chop cooked sausages into 2cm pieces, tip cooked pasta into a baking dish with sausages, pour over tomato sauce & mix altogether, then sprinkle over mozzarella cheese over the top, bake for 20 mins or so or until cheese is bubbling.
Suggestion & Tips
Have with crusty bread & salad. You can use other cheese types on top.