Mary Berry - Red Hot Ragu (517 Calories)

Tonight's Creation: Red Hot Ragu (517 calories)

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Review: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟😋 Fabulous! What more can I say? 

Took 40 mins to make so not an overly quick recipe but wow what a taste! I used plain pork sausages from my local butchers (Pitts in Earby as he makes the best pork sausages 💕). I made a half portion (serves 3) on the sauce and have set aside the extra portion for freezing and only made a third of the pasta as I’m serving 2. Used 1 cayenne chilli and didn’t deseed as we like extra heat.

So so tasty. This recipe does not disappoint.

Will I make this again? Absolutely 💕💕💕 Mary Berry I love you 😍

Full Recipe Below

Red Hot Ragu

SERVES 6

CALS PER SERVING 517

375g (12oz) rigatoni or other tubular pasta

60g (2oz)  Parmesan cheese, coarsely grated

3 tbsp chopped parsley, or 175g (6oz) young spinach leaves, shredded

Sauce

500g (1lb) good-quality pork sausages with herbs

a little olive oil

3 garlic cloves, crushed

2 small red chillies, halved, cored, and finely chopped

2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes

1 large onion, finely chopped

1 good tbsp sun-dried tomato puree

1 tbsp chopped fresh basil

1/2-1 tsp caster or granulated sugar, to taste

salt and black pepper

Method

1. Make the sauce first.
2. Open each sausage and remove the skins. 
3. Heat a bit of oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the garlic and sausagemeat. 
4. Fry over a medium heat or about 4-5 minutes, breaking the meat up with a wooden spatula until it is brown, with a minced pork consistency. 
5. Stir in the remaining sauce ingredients. 
6. Bring to a boil, cover, and then simmer gently for 40-50 minutes or until the sausagemeat is cooked. 
7. Check the seasoning.
8. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling salted water according to packet instructions until just tender.
9. Drain the pasta and it into the sauce in the pan with half the Parmesan, then check the seasoning again. 
10. Scatter the parsley and remaining parmesan over individual servings.

Aga Conversion: I fry using an Aga saute pan on the boiling plate, and then do the 40-50 minute simmering using the floor of the simmering oven. Pasta can be boiled either on the boiling plate or by using the floor of the roasting oven.

COOKS KNOW HOW - If using spinach, stir it into the bubbling sauce and cook for a couple of minutes until it wilts before adding the pasta and half of the parmesan.