Sausage Nduja Pasta (Pasta con Nduja)
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: Serves 4
- Category: Pasta
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
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- 6 good quality pork sausages, casings removed
- Olive oil
- 300g cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp nduja paste
- 125g mascarpone
- Fresh basil
- 400g pasta (we used orecchiette but use what you have)
- Salt
- Pepper
- Parmesan, for grating
Instructions
- In a pan with a drizzle of oil over medium heat, add the sausages and break apart with a wooden spoon into small pieces. To remove the casings, all you have to do is score the skin with a knife and then pull it away. Having the sausages fridge cold makes this easier. Once they are into small pieces, fry until deep golden brown. You want them totally crisp. This will take 10-15 minutes.
- Once crisp, add the cherry tomatoes, tomato paste and nduja paste. Stir and fry for a few mins then add in a good splash of water. Bubble gently for 10 minutes, encouraging the tomatoes to burst by using the back of the wooden spoon and pressing down.
- Meanwhile, get your pasta on to boil in a pot of well seasoned boiling water.
- Once the tomatoes have formed a sauce, add the mascarpone and basil leaves. Add a splash of pasta water as needed to form a smooth and delicious sauce. Then add the cooked pasta, parmesan, more fresh basil and stir together. Add pasta water as needed to make it loose and silky.
- Scoop into bowls and enjoy!
Find it online: https://desertislanddishes.co/pasta-con-nduja/