Main menu

Pages

- Advertisement -

Fat Pasta Tubes with Sausage Fennel and Chipotle

Fat Pasta Tubes with Sausage Fennel and Chipotle

Serves 3-4

Ingredients:

For the sauce:⁠

375g sausage meat 

2 red onions (sliced into half moon quarters)

2-3 mini peppers (chopped)

1 garlic clove (grated)⁠

1tsp fennel seeds

1tsp oregano

1tsp chipotle chilli flakes

Pinch of sea salt & black pepper (to taste⁠)

Small glass of red wine (125ml ish)

1 can nice chopped tomatoes⁠

1/2 can water

1 sprig fresh rosemary

Note: reserve 1 small cup of pasta water to finish sauce⁠

==================

For the crumb topping:

3tbsp breadcrumbs (I used a mix of panko & old sourdough)

1/2tsp garlic granules

1/2tsp oregano

Small drizzle olive oil to cook


Method:

  1. first brown the sausage meat for a couple mins (drain off any excess fat but leave a tiny bit to cook the veg). Then chuck in the onions & peppers. Give it all 3-5mins to soften (mixing every so often) then grate in the garlic + all seasonings.


  1. after another min or so, add the red wine & let it boil off whilst scraping the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon to deglaze (you don't want to smell alcohol – give it a couple mins).


  1. add the tinned tomatoes + water then nestle in the rosemary sprig. Cook it for a good hour uncovered on a low heat (less is fine, but longer = more flavour). Check every so often, add a splash of water if needed. Turn off the heat & pop a lid on. It's ready to reheat whenever you cook your pasta – just add a little of the pasta cooking water to bring it all together at the end.


  1. to finish, put all the crumb ingredients into a frying pan & gently cook until golden (approx. 3-5mins). Stir & keep an eye on it; this will all of a sudden happen and you don't want burnt crumbs! Top your cooked pasta dish.
reactions
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -
- Advertisement -