Sausage Pasta Bake
Looking for a quick, easy, and budget-friendly midweek dinner? This Sausage Pasta Bake ticks all of the boxes. It's tasty, cheap, filling and always a big hit with the family.
Servings 6 Portions
Calories 467kcal
Ingredients
- Cooking oil or spray
- 8 Sausages
- 1 Red Pepper Diced
- 1 Onion Diced
- 2 Cloves Garlic Crushed
- 100 ml Red Wine
- 100 g Baby Spinach
- 400 g Chopped tomatoes
- 250 g Rigatoni Cooked to Package instructions for half of the specified time
- 1 Teaspoon Dried Oregano
- Pinch Chilli Flakes
- 1 Teaspoon Dried Rosemary
- 75 g Mozzarella Grated
- 25 g Parmesan Grated
Instructions
- Carefully remove the skin from the sausages and chop into 1-2cm chunks.
- Mist a large pan with cooking spray and heat over a medium heat on the hob.
- Fry the onions for 3 minutes stirring often.
- Add the garlic and fry for a further 3 minutes until the onions are soft.
- Add the red pepper and the sausages and fry for 2 minutes, stirring often.
- Pour in the red wine and simmer for 5 minutes, occasionally stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan with a spatula to prevent sticking.
- Add the spinach, chilli, oregano, and rosemary and stir.
- Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C (fan-assisted).
- Tip in the chopped tomatoes, stir and simmer for 10 minutes stirring occasionally.
- Mix in the pre-cooked pasta.
- Top with grated mozzarella and parmesan.
- Bake in the oven for 20-30 minutes until the cheese is golden brown.
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Notes
- If you prefer, use a little chicken stock instead of wine.
- If you don't have a flameproof and ovenproof dish (one that's suitable both on the hob and in the oven) bring your ingredients together on the hob in a large frying pan before tipping it into an ovenproof dish and topping with cheese to bake.