Sausage and Boursin Pasta One-Pot
No bells or whistles here, this one is as humble as it is good. Loved-all-round sausages, comforting pasta, vibrant broccoli, all tossed in a punchy Boursin cream cheese, cooked in one-pot and prepped in just 5 minutes.
Equipment
- Chef’s knife + chopping board
Ingredients
- 500g good quality sausages (approx 8 sausages) or sausage meat, high pork content/reduced fat
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1.2 litres hot kettle water
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- Black pepper to taste
- 300 g pasta like fusilli or rotini
- 1 large broccoli head florets thinly sliced
- 150 g pack of Boursin Garlic & Herb Cheese
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a large saucepan over a medium-high heat. Break up the sausages or sausage meat into pieces with your fingers as you add it into the pan. If you are using sausages you can do this into a bowl first if you like, and if the sausages you are using have thick casing, you may have to snip them open first lengthways using clean scissors or a knife.
- Add the onions and fry, stirring often for 8-10 minutes or until the meat is mostly golden brown, using your spoon to break up the meat into little chunks once it starts to cook through. Drain any excess fat off.
- Pour the hot water into the saucepan, followed by the garlic and black pepper, followed by your pasta. Turn the heat to high and once boiling, turn heat down to medium and cook over a rolling boil, stirring often for 10 minutes or until most of the liquid has been absorbed. Then add in the broccoli and give it a good stir. Continue to cook for another 6-7 minutes, until the everything is tender and all the liquid absorbed.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the cream cheese until melted and everything is creamy.
Notes
GO GLUTEN-FREE choose gluten-free pasta and sausages.
Different pasta shapes may take slightly longer to get tender.
BABY & TODDLER SERVINGS
Switch to low-salt chicken stock/less sodium chicken bouillon. If you have a baby under 1, use sausages not sausage meat and don’t break down the sausage pieces further with your spoon as you cook. You’ll need to remove the sausage from their serving, they shouldn’t have processed meat, and if the pieces are too small that will be very hard to do. The best way for under 1’s to eat this meal is with their fingers. Use a pasta shape they can palm like fusilli, rotini or penne. For 1 year + cut the pasta shapes and larger broccoli pieces in half with a sharp knife and fork.FREEZING NOTES
When you reheat leftovers, add in a little water or milk and stir halfway through. Add further liquid if it looks like it needs it.Nutrition
Calories: 464kcalCarbohydrates: 72gProtein: 17gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 26mgSodium: 486mgPotassium: 697mgFiber: 7gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1340IUVitamin C: 138mgCalcium: 148mgIron: 2mg
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