Lisa Faulkner’s Sausage and Sage Fusilli

By Lisa Faulkner
A top choice all year around, Lisa Faulkner’s sausage and sage fusilli marries the heartiness of sausages with earthy sage. The just-tender greens can be mixed up with whatever is in season, while the pasta is great for…
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Ingredients

10 total
  • 1 splash of olive oil, for frying, plus extra to serve
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, grated
  • 8 sausages, skins removed
  • 5 sage leaves, chopped
  • 100ml white wine
  • 1 (400g) tin chopped tomatoes
  • 300 g of fusilli pasta, or your pasta of choice
  • 150 g of spring greens or cabbage greens
  • 4 tbsp of parmesan, grated, to serve

Method

7 steps
  1. Step 1

    Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the onions over a medium heat for 5 mins or until they start to soften. Stir in the grated garlic and cook for 2 more mins.

  2. Step 2

    Tumble in the sausages and once they start to brown, break them up with a wooden spoon to make mince. Season with salt and ground black pepper and cook for about 10 mins.

  3. Step 3

    Stir the sage through the sausage mix in the pan.

  4. Step 4

    Add the white wine, then pour in the chopped tomatoes. Rinse out the tin with a splash of water, and pour into the pan. Let the sauce bubble away while you cook the pasta according to the pack instructions.

  5. Step 5

    Either steam or microwave the spring greens or cabbage greens until just tender, then stir through the sausage mixture.

  6. Step 6

    Add the cooked pasta and stir again.

  7. Step 7

    Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and a good shaving of parmesan.