Sausage ragu & spinach pasta bake

Name: Sausage ragu & spinach pasta bake
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 400 grams good-quality pork sausages (about , skinned; 680 grams passata with garlic and herbs; 1 Tbsp oregano, chopped (or 1 tsp dried); 500 grams pack pasta shapes; 400 grams pack spinach; 2 x 350g tubs ready-made cheese sauce (use a full-fat one if freezing); 1 serving freshly grated nutmeg; 100 grams parmesan, grated; 1 egg, beaten, to glaze

Sausage ragu & spinach pasta bake might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe covers 44% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 5 servings with 781 calories, 38g of protein, and 30g of fat each. A mixture of pork sausages, passata, egg, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Instructions

Heat a large frying pan and brown the sausages, using a wooden spoon to break up the meat.

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Sausage

Meat

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Wooden Spoon

Frying Pan

Pour off any fat from the pan, stir in the passata, bring to the boil, then add the oregano and season. Simmer for 10 mins.

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Oregano

Passata

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Frying Pan

Cook the pasta for 2 mins less than the pack says, reserve some cooking water, then drain, cool under cold water and drain again. Meanwhile, pour a kettle of boiling water over the spinach in a colander to wilt, then squeeze out all the water.

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Spinach

Pasta

Water

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Colander

Mix the pasta with the cheese sauce and some of the reserved water, to loosen. Season.

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Cheese Sauce

Pasta

Water

In a large dish, add the meat sauce, then the spinach, some nutmeg and seasoning. Next, add a third of the Parmesan, the cheesy pasta, more nutmeg and finally the rest of the cheese. Wrap and freeze. Defrost at room temperature for about 8 hrs.

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Seasoning