Hidden Veg Sausage Rigatoni

Name: Hidden Veg Sausage Rigatoni
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 4 sausages; 0.5 large red onion; 1 red pepper; 1 carrot; 1 stick of celery; 4 garlic cloves; 400 g tinned tomatoes; 150 g rigatoni (or any pasta); 50 g parmesan; 1 tsp smoked paprika; salt; black pepper; olive oil

20m

Serves 2

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Hidden Veg Sausage Rigatoni

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20m

Serves 2

Directions

1Chop the red pepper, celery, carrots, and red onion into small pieces.
2Add olive oil to a pan and heat it.
3Remove the skin from the sausages and add them to the pan.
4Break up the sausages and cook until crispy, then remove them from the pan and set aside.
5Add the chopped vegetables to the pan.
6Cook the vegetables for about 5 minutes.
7Add garlic, smoked paprika, salt, and black pepper to the vegetables.
8Cook for 1 minute.
9Add tinned tomatoes to the pan.
10Give it a mix.
11Simmer for 5 minutes.
12Cook the pasta in a separate pot.
13Blend the sauce until it's totally smooth.
14Pour the blended sauce back into the pan.
15Add some pasta water to loosen up the sauce.
16Add the cooked sausage back into the pan with the sauce.
17Add the cooked pasta to the pan.
18Mix until fully coated.
19Grate some parmesan cheese over the pasta.

Ingredients

4 sausages
0.5 large red onion
1 red pepper
1 carrot
1 stick of celery
4 garlic cloves
400 g tinned tomatoes
150 g rigatoni (or any pasta)
50 g parmesan
1 tsp smoked paprika
salt
black pepper
olive oil

Equipment

knifechopping boardpanspoonbowlimmersion blenderpotcolandergraterfork

Tips

Dice vegetables finely to hide them in the sauce.
Remove sausage skin and break them up for a crispy texture.
Blend the sauce until totally smooth to ensure no visible vegetable chunks.
Add pasta water to loosen up the sauce.

Hidden Veg Sausage Rigatoni

20m

Serves 2

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Hidden Veg Sausage Rigatoni

instagram.com

20m

Serves 2

Directions

1Chop the red pepper, celery, carrots, and red onion into small pieces.
2Add olive oil to a pan and heat it.
3Remove the skin from the sausages and add them to the pan.
4Break up the sausages and cook until crispy, then remove them from the pan and set aside.
5Add the chopped vegetables to the pan.
6Cook the vegetables for about 5 minutes.
7Add garlic, smoked paprika, salt, and black pepper to the vegetables.
8Cook for 1 minute.
9Add tinned tomatoes to the pan.
10Give it a mix.
11Simmer for 5 minutes.
12Cook the pasta in a separate pot.
13Blend the sauce until it's totally smooth.
14Pour the blended sauce back into the pan.
15Add some pasta water to loosen up the sauce.
16Add the cooked sausage back into the pan with the sauce.
17Add the cooked pasta to the pan.
18Mix until fully coated.
19Grate some parmesan cheese over the pasta.