Sausage Pasta Bake!
One of the easiest and best weekday dinner ideas that I just adore… a sausage pasta bake is iconic, easy and delicious.
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 400 g pasta (rigatoni)
- 1 red onion (chopped)
- 1 red pepper (chopped)
- 1 packet sausages (6-8)
- 150 g fresh tomatoes (halved)
- 2-3+ garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp dried Italian herbs
- salt and pepper
- 800 g tinned chopped tomatoes
- grated cheddar cheese
- stale breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200ºc/180ºc fan and grab a large baking dish
- Make sure your pasta is cooked, 2 minutes less than the packet timings
- Fry the onion and pepper in a pan until softened
- Chop up the sausages and begin to fry and cook (I don't remove the skins but you can)
- Add the chopped up fresh tomatoes and start to soften
- Add the garlic, oregano, chilli flakes, italian herbs and tomato puree and season with salt and pepper
- Add the tinned chopped tomatoes
- Pour in cooked pasta and stir through
- Tip into dish, and top with cheese and breadcrumbs and bake for 25-30 minutes until golden
Notes
- This is best served immediately
- You can reheat this by covering with foil and baking at 170ºc fan for 30 minutes
- You can freeze this dish for 3+ months