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Cajun Sausage Pasta

A hearty and creamy pasta dish with spicy Cajun sausage, fresh tomatoes, and a cheesy sauce.

4 servings
Prep: 10 min
Cook: 20 min
Total: 30 min
Cajun

Ingredients

  • 320g of pasta
  • olive oil – for frying
  • 6 pork sausages (deskinned) – Tesco finest work best
  • 1 red onion (finely chopped) – large
  • 4 tsp of cajun seasoning
  • 2 tsp of smoked paprika
  • 4 tsp of garlic puree
  • 4 tsp of dried parsley
  • 4 fresh tomatoes (diced)
  • 2 tbsp of tomato puree
  • 4 tbsp of cream cheese
  • 80g of cheddar cheese (grated)
  • black pepper – to season

Equipment

  • saucepan
  • frying pan

Instructions

  1. Cook the pasta according to package instructions in a saucepan, ensuring you save a few ladles of pasta water before draining.
  2. While the pasta is cooking, heat olive oil in a separate frying pan over a medium heat.
  3. Add the deskinned pork sausages, red onion, cajun seasoning, and smoked paprika, then cook for , breaking up the sausages as they cook.
  4. Add garlic puree, dried parsley, tomatoes, and tomato puree, then cook for .
  5. Stir in cream cheese and some reserved pasta water. Add a little at a time to get the desired consistency.
  6. Bring to a simmer.
  7. Add cheddar cheese and the cooked pasta, ensuring everything is coated and the cheese has melted.
  8. Season with black pepper.