Crispy Sausage and White Wine Pasta
Just to let you know, this post was written before I started the paleo diet to help ease my psoriasis. Nowadays I eat a more allergy-friendly diet, but leave these older, non-paleo posts up in case they are useful to readers, as I know not everyone eats the same as I do. Thanks for your understanding.
I was browsing the internet looking for new family meals when I came across this Jamie Oliver recipe for a sausage pasta dish, called Proper Bloke's Sausage Fusilli.
Serves 4
- 400g pasta twirls or other shapes
- olive oil
- 6 thick good-quality pork and leek sausages
- large glass dry white wine
- a knob of butter (approx 1 tablespoon)
- handful of finely grated Parmesan cheese
- Put on your pasta to boil in some slightly salted water.
- De-skin the sausages and fry the sausage meat in about a tablespoon of olive oil, breaking it up with the spoon you're stirring it with. Turn the heat up, you want a golden colour and the sausagemeat should look similar to mince.
- Once the sausagemeat has crispened up, pour in the white wine, letting it sizzle and bubble. Keep cooking the sausage and wine until the wine has reduced by approximately half. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon or spatula to release any cooking juices that have stuck to the bottom - this will combine with the wine to make a light sauce.
- Toss in the butter, and then the drained, just-cooked pasta. Slosh in a couple of tablespoons of the cooking water to thin the sauce and help it stick to the pasta. Scatter over a handful of grated Parmesan and then stir to mix. Serve with more Parmesan to grate over at the table.
As you know, I love simple recipes - and this one fits the bill perfectly! I'm very definitely going to include it on the menu list, probably for next week now. Sounds gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny! Great news, hope you like it. Just get the sausage meat really caramelised before you add the wine and your sauce will have loads of flavour!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great favorite in our house, my thirteen year old son likes it so much that he learnt how to cook it himself.
ReplyDeleteHi Andy, fantastic! And it gives so much flavour for such a simple-to-make dish :) Thanks for your comment.
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