Recipe by www.slimmingeats.com

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Sausage, Balsamic Tomatoes and Onion with Orecchiette - a beautifully flavoured pasta dish with the sweetness of fresh tomatoes and delicate flavour of herbs and fennel.

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Ingredients

• 6 low fat sausages (3 syns)
• 1 onion (quartered and sliced thinly)
• 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 1 carrot (small, shredded)
• 300 g cherry tomatoes (halved)
• 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar (use a good quality one)
• 240 ml chicken stock (or vegetable)
• 1 tbs tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 270 g orecchiette pasta (can use a gluten free pasta)
• 1 tsp fennel seeds (crushed)
• ½ tsp dried oregano
• ½ tsp dried basil
• fresh italian parsley (chopped)
• cooking oil spray
• salt
• black pepper

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Method

1. Remove the casing from the sausages and roughly chop the meat.
2. Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with cooking oil spray
3. Add the sausage meat, season with a little black pepper and fry until lightly golden.
4. Remove from pan and set aside.
5. Spray pan with a little more cooking oil add the onion and fry on a medium heat, until lightly caramelized, you may need to keep adding a little bit of stock to prevent from sticking.
6. Add the tomatoes, carrot, garlic, crushed fennel seeds, oregano and basil to the pan and fry for a couple of minutes just to soften the tomatoes.
7. Return the browned sausage meat to the pan, along with the balsamic vinegar, tomato paste, brown sugar and stock.
8. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
9. In the meantime add the pasta to a saucepan of salted boiling hot water and cook until al dente. Drain the pasta and add this into the sauce once it has simmered for the 15 minutes. Toss to evenly coat in the sauce.
10. Top with some fresh chopped Parsley and season as needed with salt and black pepper
11. Enjoy!!

View the recipe instructions at www.slimmingeats.com