Thursday 26 October 2017

30-minute sausage and broccoli pasta



30-minute sausage and broccoli pasta
Serves: 4 - 6 Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: 30 min
1 head broccoli, cut into florets and blanched
4 cloves garlic, sliced
½ red onion, sliced
250 g cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
100 g mushrooms, sliced
45 ml (3 T) olive oil
salt and pepper
500 g chicken sausage
250 g pasta
100 g sundried tomato pasta sauce
Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
1. In a large baking dish, toss the broccoli, garlic, onion, cherry tomatoes and mushrooms with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper. Shake the dish a bit to spread everything evenly in a single layer.
2. Nestle the chicken sausage between the vegetables. Bake for 15 minutes, then carefully toss everything again. Bake for another 15 minutes until veggies are roasted and sausage is cooked through.
3. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to directions in a large pot of salted water until al dente.
4. Remove the roasted veggies from the oven. Toss pasta with pasta sauce and add in the roasted veggies. Slice the sausage and mix in as well.