Creamy sausage & harissa pasta

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

Prep:10 mins
Cook:20 mins

Serves 1
Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 1027
fat 58g
saturates 30g
carbs 92g
sugars 0g
fibre 10g
protein 29g
salt 1.6g

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

Method

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.