One-Pot Wonders

Date night - Italian Sausage, fennel and cherry tomato orecchiette

February 11, 2024
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Photo by Gretchen
  • Prep time 15 minutes
  • Cook time 15 minutes
  • Serves 4
Author Notes

This has been a go-to pasta in our home for the past 15 years, we’ve made it all over the world and it’s still our number one comfort food and date night go-to. Everyone who tries it asks for the recipe.
Gretchen Lowe

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Ingredients
  • 2 shallots, finely chopped
  • 2 fresh chillies, finely chopped
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary, chopped
  • 1 dash olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 500 grams good-quality pork and fennel sausages
  • 1 tablespoon tomato paste
  • 400 grams can of cherry tomatoes
  • 250 grams dried orecchiette pasta (pasta shells work well too)
  • 1/2 cup Italian parsley, chopped
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/3 cup cream
  • 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, grated
Directions
  1. Remove skins from the sausages. Heat oil in a large frying pan; add shallots, chillies, fennel seeds and rosemary stirring for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Add the sausages and cook, stirring, until browned.
  2. Stir through the tomato paste then tinned cherry tomatoes. Bring to a boil, season, then reduce the heat, simmer, uncovered, for about 10 minutes or until thickened.
  3. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling, well-salted water until just tender; drain.
  4. Just before removing the tomato and sausage sauce from the heat, stir through Italian parsley, lemon juice, cream and parmesan.
  5. Combine pasta with tomato and sausage sauce. Serve topped with parmesan cheese.

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1 Review

Nancy Z. February 23, 2024
Can't wait to make with Sicilian Italian sausage from a friend+Chef! Will also use my Mutti cherry tomatoes I've been saving for a new dish+special occasion.
Sounds yummy and oh so easy!