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Sausage and Tomato Pasta - My Favourite Jamie Oliver Pasta Recipe

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Servings 5 - 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1 red onion
  • 1 large carrot
  • 1 stick of celery
  • 400 g sausage mince
  • 1 heaped teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 500 g pasta
  • 2 garlic cloves crushed or finely chopped
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
  • 1 x 400g tin tomatoes
  • dried chilli flakes or 1 fresh red chilli with seeds removed
  • handful of basil
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • salt and pepper
  • parmesan cheese

Instructions
 

  • Place a pot of salty water on to boil.
  • Trim the ends off the onion, carrot and celery and roughly chop them up. Place vegetables in a food processor and blitz along with the fresh chilli if using.
  • Add the sausage mince, fennel seeds, oregano and the dried chilli (to your taste) if using. Blitz until well mixed.
  • In a large pan add the olive oil and garlic, cook for a few minutes then add the sausage mixture to the hot pan and keep mixing and breaking it up as it is cooking.
  • Add your chosen pasta to the boiling water and cook as per instructions.
  • Add the tomatoes to the sausage, breaking them up before you add them, add a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar and check add some more balsamic vinegar if needed and check the seasoning too add salt and pepper as needed.
  • When the pasta has 1 minute to go remove from the water, keep a bit of the water incase you need to add it to the pasta.
  • Place the pasta in the pan with the sausage and mix well and finish cooking the pasta, add some of the pasta water if it is looking a bit dry.
  • When ready, serve and sprinkle over basil and some parmesan cheese