Sausage pasta

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Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 red onion, finely diced
• 400g/14oz pork sausages, casings removed
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 50g/1¾oz tomato purée
• 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes
• ½ tsp dried oregano
• pinch chilli flakes
• pinch sugar
• 200g/7oz kale or cavolo nero, stems removed and leaves cut into 3cm/1¼in strips
• 400g/14oz dried pasta (any shape)
• sea salt
• freshly grated Parmesan, to serve

Method

1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion and cook for around 7 minutes.

2. Add the sausage meat and break up into small pieces with a wooden spoon. Cook for 3 minutes.

   1. Stir in the garlic then the tomato purée and cook for a further 2 minutes.

3. Pour in the tomatoes. Use 400ml water to swill out the tins and add to the pan along with the oregano, chilli flakes and sugar.

4. Simmer the sauce over a medium heat for 10 minutes.

5. Stir the kale into the sauce and cook for a further 5 minutes. Add a splash of water to the pan if the sauce is looking too thick.

6. Taste and season with salt, if needed.

7. Meanwhile, bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta and cook according to packet instructions.

8. Drain the pasta, reserving a mugful of the pasta water. Add the pasta to the sauce in the frying pan and stir together, loosening with a splash of pasta water if needed to help coat the pasta.

9. Remove from the heat, divide between bowls, top with the grated cheese and serve.

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