Chunky Sausage, Mushroom and Tomato Zucchini Pasta
Difficulty : Super easy
Preparation time:
10m
Cooking time:
25m
If you’re a fan of pasta and want to be able to enjoy a healthier alternative, then it’s definitely worth investing in a spiralizer - a vegetable spiral slicer that is super for making zucchini pasta in particular.
This is a perfect express weeknight meal - so easy, quick and extremely tasty! It's really worth using the best quality sausages you can find for this dish, otherwise it could really disappoint.
Ingredients
For 1 people (
)
Recipe
- 1 Garlic clove(s)
- 0.5 tablespoon(s) Tomato puree
- 50 mL White wine
- 1 handful(s) Fresh Basil leaves
- 2 Zucchini
- 80 grams Mushrooms
- 2 good quality sausages
- 1 Tinned Tomatoes
- 2 tablespoon(s) Olive Oil
- Sea Salt
- Black Pepper
Nutritional Facts (per serving)
- Kcal: 724 kcal
- Sugars (g): 11g
- Carbs: 23g
- Fat: 54g
- Saturated fat (g): 14g
- Proteins: 28g
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Directions
- Spiralize the zucchini into pasta.
- Cut the sausages into chunky bite sized pieces
- Crush the garlic.
- Thinly slice the mushrooms.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium high heat and add the sausage chunks. Fry for about 6-8 minutes until golden and cooked through.
- Using a slotted spoon transfer the sausages to a bowl, and discard any excess oil from the frying pan.
- Turn up the heat to high and add half the mushrooms to the pan. Season and fry until tender and brown, about 3-4 minutes.
- Transfer the mushrooms to the bowl with the sausage.
- Add another tablespoon of olive oil to the pan and tip in the remaining mushrooms.
- Fry until done and then put the sausages and first batch of mushrooms back into the pan, along with the crushed garlic.
- Cook for a minute, stirring everything together, then add the white wine.
- Boil until reduced by half (about 4 minutes), then add the tinned tomatoes, tomato purée, and season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Simmer for about 8-10 minutes until reduced to a nice sauce consistency.
- Add in the zucchini pasta and stir frequently for about 2-3 minutes until the zucchini pasta has softened and is coated with the lovely sauce.
- Stir in the torn basil leaves.
- Tip the pasta into a bowl and tuck in!
