CREAMY SAUSAGE & HARISSA PASTA

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Give our new favourite sausage pasta dish a go tonight - it's so quick and simple to make. This recipe serves one, but it's easily multiplied to feed more

Provided by Cassie Best

Categories Dinner

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

2 tsp olive oil
1 small red onion, chopped
2 sausages
1 garlic clove, crushed
8 cherry tomatoes, halved
2 tsp harissa paste
75g mascarpone or soft cheese
100g rigatoni or penne
small handful of parsley, chopped

Steps:

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat and cook the onion until softened and translucent, about 8 mins. Push to one side of the pan.
Squeeze the sausagemeat from the skins into the centre of the pan. Cook for 5-8 mins until browned, squashing into smaller chunks with the spoon as it cooks. Add the garlic and tomatoes. Let the tomatoes soften for a few minutes, stirring now and then to prevent sticking. Stir in the harissa paste and mascarpone.
Meanwhile, cook the pasta in salted water in a saucepan following pack instructions.
Drain the pasta, saving a mugful of the water. Tip the pasta into the sauce, add the parsley and stir together. Add a splash of the pasta water to loosen the sauce - it should be silky and coat the pasta without pooling in the bottom of the pan. Grind over some black pepper to serve, if you like.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1027 calories, Fat 58 grams fat, SaturatedFat 30 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 92 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 14 grams sugar, Fiber 10 grams fiber, Protein 29 grams protein, Sodium 1.6 milligram of sodium