Serves: 4

Time: 45 minutes

 

Ingredients

• 250g pork sausage
• 1 tablespoon oil
• knob of butter
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 carrots
• 400g tinned tomatoes
• 100ml chicken stock
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 300g pasta (macaroni or rigatoni)
• Freshly grated Parmesan cheese / Mature cheddar

 

Method

• If using whole sausage remove meat from skins.
• Grate/shred the carrots.
• Puree the tin of tomatoes.
• Heat the oil and butter in a saucepan and cook the onion until translucent.
• Add the sausage meat and lightly brown, breaking it up with a fork.
• Add the carrot and stir for a few minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, stock bay leaf and oregano and cook, covered over a low heat for 30 minutes.
• Taste for seasoning-if the sausages are spicy you may not need any.
• Cook and drain pasta.
• Mix pasta with the sauce and serve.
• Serve cheese separately.