This is comfort food at its best. It doesn’t have to cost an arm or a leg either in order to be tasty. What I particularly liked was the sweetness of the onions that came through. Although it is a bit of trouble to make, it is so worth it. Did I mention Neil prepared it for us? Girls, get your men in the kitchen!
Pork Sausage & Red Onion Pasta Bake
Serves 4
Preparation: 30 mins Cooking: 40 mins
Preparation: 30 mins Cooking: 40 mins
For the Sauce
- 600ml (1 pint) milk
- 30ml (2 tbsp) plain flour
- 40g (1½ oz) butter
For the Bake
- 500g (1lb 2oz) pork sausages, e.g. Cumberland
- 60ml (4 tbsp) oil
- 2 red onions, thinly sliced
- 300g (10½ oz) penne
- 30ml (2 tbsp) fresh sage or 5ml (1 tsp) dried sage
- 50g (2 oz) grated Cheddar cheese
- Put milk, flour and butter into a saucepan and whisk continuously over a medium heat, until the butter has melted and the sauce has thickened. Leave to simmer over a very low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Season well.
- Remove the skin from the sausages. Roughly break meat into small, chunky pieces and fry in half the oil for 3-4 minutes until crispy. Set aside.
- Add the other half of the oil to the pan and cook the onions for 5 minutes, until golden.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan 160°C/gas 4.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta in boiling salted water according to packet instructions, then drain well.
- Mix the pasta with the sausages, onions, sage and the sauce. Season into an ovenproof dish and cover with breadcrumbs mixed with the cheese.
- Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until golden and crusty on top. Serve immediately.
Serving Suggestion
- Serve with crisp green salad.
Note
- Experiment with different types of sausages, e.g. beef or chicken.
That is one tasty looking baked pasta!
Yum! Tasty and easy – so easy, in fact, that my 10-year-old son made this for dinner last night (with some minor help – dealing with boiling the pasta and putting it into / taking it out of the oven).
He was thrilled to see that it came out looking just like yours, which we saw on Tastespotting yesterday morning.
Mmmm… Michelle, I could even give a bite to the picture… so beautiful! A delicious recipe
. Thanks.
If you want to see the Omelets roundup, it’s now on!
http://recipespicbypic.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-your-omelet-round-up-find-your.html
Do not have words to describe how good this turned out. Made it last night and got an avalanche of compliments.
Herman