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Sausage and fennel pasta

Pork sausage meat browned with fennel seeds in a tomato sauce, tossed through rigatoni.

  • Time35 min
  • LevelEasy
  • Costabout £1.50 a head
4 servings

Ingredients

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Method

  1. 1

    Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skins and break it into chunks.

  2. 2

    Fry the sausage meat in the oil in a large pan over a high heat for 8 minutes until browned.

    8 min
  3. 3

    Add the onion and cook for 5 minutes, then the garlic, fennel seeds and chilli for 1 minute.

    5 min
  4. 4

    Pour in the tomatoes with a pinch of salt and simmer for 15 minutes.

    15 min
  5. 5

    Meanwhile cook the rigatoni in salted boiling water for 12 minutes and drain, keeping a little water.

    12 min
  6. 6

    Toss the pasta through the sauce and serve with parmesan.

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