Ingredients

When making a pasta sauce my top tip is
to add a ladle of the cooking water from
the pan of cooked pasta to your sauce.
The starch from the pasta is now in that
water, so the sauce will cling to the
pasta. It sounds strange, but it definitely
works.

• 300g pasta
• 200g frozen mixed veg
• 8 sausages
• 1 x tin chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp chilli powder

Method

1. Grill the sausages, allow to cool and cut
each sausage in half lengthways and
then each length into 4

2. Bring a large saucepan of water to the
boil and cook the pasta according to the
packet instructions. Add the veg in 4
minutes before the end of the cooking
time.

3. Heat your tinned tomatoes in a
separate pan until piping hot, add the
chilli powder, reduce heat and simmer.

4. Once the pasta and veg are ready, take
out 1 ladle of the cooking water and add
it to the tomato sauce, stirring through.

5. Drain the pasta and veg and return
them to the pan. Stir in the sausages
and tomato sauce and mix thoroughly.
Serve straight away.