Spicy Sausage Pasta

The other night I had to run out and meet a girlfriend, and Alex didn’t fancy pizza, oriental, or any of the usual take-away options.  So I whipped up this little dish, and it only took as long as the pasta needed to cook.

Here’s what I used:

3 small uncooked chorizo sausages

1 red onion, thinly sliced

1 clove of garlic, finely chopped

1 small tub of crème fraiche

1 small tin of chopped tomatoes

1 pinch of chilli flakes

1 tsp of hot paprika

Handful of chopped parsley

200g dried penne pasta

Boil a kettle and add to a pan, with a good pinch of salt and glug of olive oil.  Add the pasta, and cool until al dente, this should only take 11 minutes.

Meanwhile put a pan on the heat, cut the sausages into chunks and fry off.  Add the onion and the garlic, and allow to colour and caramelise for a couple of minutes.  Add the tomatoes, chilli flakes and paprika and bring to a rapid boil.  Then add the crème fraiche, bring to the boil, then simmer until thickened.

The pasta should be cooked al dente by now.  Drain, and add the pasta to the sauce, (Italians always insist on adding the pasta to the sauce, and not the other way around). 

Stir through the parsley, and serve with garlic bread….

…and of course with love…xoxo