Spicy Sausage Pasta with Peppers & Tomato Sauce
Sausage pasta is an easy Italian dinner recipe with a rich tomato sauce and sweet red peppers perfect served with a side salad.
Servings 4 servings
Calories 585kcal
Ingredients
- 6 Sausages meat or vegetarian
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- ½ tablespoon Dried Oregano
- 1 clove Garlic crushed
- 1 Red Onion chopped
- 1 tablespoon Tomato Puree
- 1 Red Pepper sliced
- 300 g Rigatoni
- 1 400g tin Chopped Tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 teaspoon Sugar
- Salt and Pepper
- Parmesan to serve
Instructions
- Put a pot of salted water on for the pasta. Remove the sausages from their skins.
- Heat the oil over a medium heat and add the onion and pepper and cook until softened. Brown the sausage in the pan with the veggies, breaking up with a wooden spoon. Add the garlic, oregano, balsamic and tomato puree and cook for another couple of minutes then pour in the chopped tomatoes, add the sugar and bring to a simmer. Cook for about 10 minutes.
- While the sauce cooks add the pasta to the boiling water and cook according to packet instructions.
- Remove a mugful of pasta cooking water. When the pasta is cooked to al dente drain and add it to the sauce along with a mugful of pasta water and toss together. Serve with grated parmesan.
Notes
Nutrition information is an estimate and will vary depending on the exact ingredients used.
Nutrition
Calories: 585kcal | Carbohydrates: 76g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 1002mg | Potassium: 617mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1070IU | Vitamin C: 50mg | Calcium: 63mg | Iron: 30.7mg