Sausage spirali with pesto-fennel sauce recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Looking for simple pasta dinner ideas? This sausage pasta recipe is a brilliant family dinner, and the spirali pasta shape keeps things fun and interesting. We’ve used a jar of punchy pesto, alongside other storecupboard staples, to make it budget-friendly and on the table in 25 minutes. Win-win.
See method- Serves 4 (or 2 adults and 2 children with leftovers for lunch)
- Takes 25 mins
- 635 calories / serving
- Freezable
Ingredients
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- 454g pack reduced-fat sausages
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 large garlic clove, sliced
- ½-1 tsp fennel seeds, crushed (to taste)
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes
- 190g jar reduced-fat green or red pesto
- 300g spirali (or other pasta shapes)
- 30g pack fresh fat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped
- 30g Parmesan or any hard cheese, finely grated (optional)
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 2665kJ 635.0kcal
- Fat
- 22g
- Saturates
- 5g
- Salt
- 2.1g
- Sugars
- 10g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 72.7gProtein 31.7gFibre 10.5g
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Method
- Heat the oil in a sauté pan on a medium heat. Squeeze the sausages from their skins into little meatballs and cook half in the pan for 5-6 mins, stirring, until browned. Set aside and repeat with the remaining meatballs. Turn the heat to low, then return all the meatballs to the pan, add the onion and cook for 5 mins. Stir through the garlic and crushed fennel (to taste), and cook for 1 min more.
- Add the tinned tomatoes and pesto, then half-fill the tomato tin with water and swirl this into the pan. Bubble for 8-10 mins until reduced and thickened.
- Meanwhile, cook the pasta to pack instructions. Drain briefy, then tip into the meatball sauce with a little of the residual pasta water. Add the parsley and a little black pepper and stir well over a low heat. Scatter with cheese, if you like.
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Freezing and defrosting guidelines
In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.
- For top tips on protecting you and your family when preparing raw meat and poultry, visit Food Safety in the Home.
