Sausage pasta

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Has anyone found a very simple sausage pasta recipe please?

It’s for fussy eater DS who does like strong flavours, however he will refuse to eat anything with obvious vegetables or lumps and most recipes I’ve seen have sun-dried tomato etc in them. He’s only just starting eating pasta so I don’t want to push my luck with anything too adventurous just yet.

Is this too simple? 😂

https://www.muminthemadhouse.com/hairy-hot-dogs-or-scary-spaghetti/

Will he eat chopped onions in sauce?
We do a this one https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/saucy-sausage-pasta-0
But you can use passata instead of chopped tomatoes for less lumps.

Thanks for these recipes. @Blixem maybe I can try and either leave out the onions or blend them into oblivion!

I have a few options:

Squeeze the sausage meat out of the skin and break into rough chunks. Fry in a little oil to brown. Add fennel seeds, chopped garlic and lemon zest then a handful of chopped tomatoes. Add a mix of white win and milk (you could use chicken stock if you prefer vs wine but th wine gives a nice flavour) and boil for a minute or two. Add a handful or two of fresh spinach or some peas. Then stir in some creme fraiche. That's the adult version but I've been known to do it without the tomatoes or spinach/peas for fussier types! .

Another one that I have done previously is creamed butternut and sausage. I can't quite remember but you basically cook the butternut then mash/liquidise it with some milk/cream, parmesan, garlic oil and mix that into the pasta with sausages.

Last week I had some leftover sausage meat so I fried it, friend some aubergine chunks then added a tin of chopped tomatoes, a bit of water and some paprika and simmered it for a bit. You could do similar but without the aubergine.

www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/pasta-recipes/spicy-sausage-fusilli/

You don't need to put chilli or fennel if it's not liked.

I would recommend getting your DS to help cook - I've found with younger fussy kids this really helps. Get DS to hep squeeze out the sausage meat, and help stir it as it frys. If they like meatballs, get them to roll the sausage meat up into round balls (wet hands help here).

If you are going Italian, add some oregano/mixed herbs/garlic granules.
Or turn it Mexican, add cumin, paprika, oregano, garlic, chilli.

If they don't like lumps, and are suspicious of veggies, use passata instead of chopped tomatoes. Or pre-make a batch of tomato sauce, with lots of veggies (carrot, red peppers) blended in.

Start basic, then get more adventurous with additions, flavouring, etc.

My basic sausage pasta 'recipe' (its in my head but I think was a Joe wicks recipe I saw once) is fry onion, garlic and the sausages until browned, add chopped tomatoes or pasata, a glug of balsamic vinegar and 1/2 teaspoon sugar and simmer whilst cooking your pasta before adding cream cheese right at the end.

Our favourite sausage and pasta recipe is this though realfood.tesco.com/recipes/speedy-sausage-orzotto.html so easy and looks really bland but is actually super tasty.

I make a tomato sauce (onions, garlic, crushed tomatoes, oregano), mix in fried chunks of sausage, add cream, chilli etc as required. Easy!