# Hidden Veg Sausage Rigatoni

A simple and delicious recipe to hide vegetables in a colourful pasta dish that kids will actually ask for.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- knife
- chopping board
- pan
- spoon
- bowl
- immersion blender
- pot
- colander
- grater
- fork

## 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKxJ5mSIq3H/?igsh=YzJlYTY0Y3AwcHJx
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e4f8f93e-fbb5-4ec1-8ca6-921653bbaab7
- Extracted: 2025-10-27

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