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Sausage, spinach and chilli pasta
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 sausages
- 3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- pinch of dried chilli flakes
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 250g baby spinach
- 200g spaghetti or rigatoni
- parmesan, grated, to serve
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and squeeze the meat of the sausages from their casings into the pan. Fry over a medium-high heat for 3-4 minutes or until crisping up.
- STEP 2
Add the garlic and dried chilli flakes and fry for another minute. Then stir in 2 tsp of dijon mustard, 100ml of double cream and 250g of baby spinach, and bubble for a few minutes to wilt and thicken the sauce. Season.
- STEP 3
Cook the pasta in a large pan of lightly salted boiling water following pack instructions, then drain, reserving some of the pasta cooking water.
- STEP 4
Tip into the sauce along with 3-4 tbsp of the cooking water and toss to combine. Divide between two bowls and grate over some parmesan to serve.
