SAUSAGE & MUSHROOM RAGU

Sausage & mushroom ragu image

Do something different with sausages and transform them into this veg-packed ragu. Great for a family dinner, serve with couscous, mash or pasta

Provided by Shivi Ramoutar

Categories Dinner

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
1 carrot, grated
3 spring onions, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, grated
large handful of mushrooms, finely chopped or grated
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp fennel seeds
6 pork sausages, squeezed out of their skins
400g can chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
mash, pasta or couscous, to serve

Steps:

Heat the oil in a saucepan over a medium heat and tip in the carrot, spring onions, garlic, mushrooms, oregano and fennel, along with a pinch of salt. Cook for about 5 mins.
Add the sausagemeat and cook until browned all over, then add the chopped tomatoes and ketchup, along with a pinch of salt and 100ml water. Reduce the heat to low, cover and cook until the sauce is thick, about 20 mins, stirring now and again. Season to taste, then serve with buttery mashed potato, pasta or couscous.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 303 calories, Fat 22 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 13 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 7 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 11 grams protein, Sodium 1.2 milligram of sodium