Rigatoni sausage bake

Name: Rigatoni sausage bake
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 400 grams good quality pork sausage; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 1 onion, chopped; 1 large carrot, grated; 150 milliliters red wine; 300 milliliters vegetable stock; 3 Tbsps tomato purée; 50 grams butter; 50 grams plain flour; 600 milliliters milk; 1 serving freshly grated nutmeg; 500 grams rigatoni or penne; 200 grams fresh spinach; 140 grams mature cheddar, grated

Rigatoni sausage bake takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes from beginning to end. This recipe makes 6 servings with 826 calories, 32g of protein, and 39g of fat each. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Many people really liked this main course. A mixture of wine, mature cheddar, onion, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.

Instructions

Slit the sausages and remove them from their skins, then chop them into small pieces.

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Sausage

Heat the oil in a pan, add the onion and fry for 5 minutes, until softened and lightly browned. Stir in the sausages and fry until lightly coloured.

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Onion

Cooking Oil

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Add the carrot, then stir in the wine, stock, tomato pure, and season.

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Tomato

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Wine

Bring to the boil, then simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes until thickened. Taste and season. Set aside.

Put the butter, flour and milk in a pan. Gently heat, whisking, until thickened and smooth.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Whisk

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Add a sprinkle of freshly grated nutmeg, season, then simmer for 2 minutes.

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Nutmeg

Preheat the oven to 190C/Gas 5/fan 170C. Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil.

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Water

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Add the pasta, stir well, then cook, uncovered, for 10-12 minutes, until tender.

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Remove from the heat, stir in the spinach and, when just wilted, drain well.

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Spinach

Tip half the pasta into a shallow ovenproof dish, about 2.2 litre/4 pint, and level. Spoon over the sausage sauce, then cover with the remaining pasta.

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