Creamy Tomato & Sausage Pasta

Lots of American recipes call for sausage meat which I thought was slightly strange at first but I decided to give it a go and this recipe is the result.  I don’t normally make creamy pasta sauces but it turned out really well and my children really enjoyed this dish.

Ingredients:

1 x box Passata

1 x tub (280 ml) Cream

1 x teaspoon sugar

2 x Tablespoons oil

1 x Onion, diced

1 x Teaspoon garlic, diced

1 x Tablespoon Thyme, dried

1 x cup Sausages, skin removed (alternatively use sausage meat)

3 x cups whole wheat pasta, prepared according to instructions.

¼ cup Feta cheese, crumbled

½ Cup Cherry Tomatoes cut in half

Salt and pepper to taste

Method:

To make the sauce:

Add the box of Passata to a pot and gently heat.

Add the cream and allow to simmer for 10- 20 mins.

Add the teaspoon of sugar.

For the sausage mixture:

In a different pot, add the oil, onion, garlic and herbs and cook for 2 – 3 mins.

Add the sausage meet and cook for a further 5 mins or until done.

Mix the sauce in with the already prepared pasta.

Mix the sausage mixture in with the pasta, keeping some aside for garnishing.

Allow to sit for 2 – 3 minutes so that the pasta absorbs some of the sauce.

Dish the pasta up and sprinkle with some of the sausage you set aside, the cherry tomatoes and feta cheese.