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Lemon orecchiette with sausage

9
Points® value
Total Time
45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Serves
6
Difficulty
Easy
Freshly squeezed lemon juice and zest lifts the flavours of this dish, which also makes good use of fragrant garlic

Ingredients

Calorie controlled cooking spray

4 spray(s)

Turkey sausages, grilled

8 sausage(s), grilled

Onion

1 large

Garlic

3 clove(s)

Chilli flakes

⅛ teaspoon(s), level

Chicken stock cube(s)

1 cube(s), 1.2 litres

White pasta, dry

295 g, Orecchiette

Broccoli, boiled

200 g, Tenderstem

Parmesan Cheese

25 g

Lemon Juice, Fresh

2 tablespoon(s)

Lemon

1 zest(s) of 1, zest

Tomato

150 g, baby plum

Basil, fresh

1 tablespoon(s)

Instructions

  1. Mist a very large nonstick pan with cooking spray and cook the sausage meat over a medium-high heat for 8 minutes, stirring and breaking up the lumps with a wooden spoon as you go. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
  2. Mist the pan with more cooking spray then cook the onion for 6-8 minutes, until softened. Add the garlic and chilli flakes to the pan and cook, stirring, for 1 minute. Pour in the stock and bring to a boil. Add the pasta and cook, stirring frequently, for 8 minutes, then add the broccoli and cook for a further 5 minutes, until all the liquid is absorbed and the pasta is al dente.
  3. Return the cooked sausage meat to the pan along with three-quarters of the parmesan, all the lemon juice and zest, and the tomatoes. Stir to combine.
  4. Serve the pasta garnished with the basil and remaining parmesan.

Notes

For a more authentic flavour, try this with Italian-style pork sausages

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