Microwave Penne with Sausage and Peppers

Name: Microwave Penne with Sausage and Peppers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: Maldon Salt, to taste; 4 Sausages, fresh Italian fennel sausages are best, but any will do; 1 tbsp Olive Oil; 400g Tinned Tomatoes, any kind; 1 tsp Dried Oregano; 10g Basil, torn or chopped; 30g Grated Parmesan, to garnish; 60g Pitted Green Olives; 4 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced; 2 Red Bell Peppers, de-seeded and roughly chopped; 200g Penne, dried; 1 tsp Chilli (Hot Pepper) Flakes

by Tim Anderson

Pork

3.7

10m prep time

35m total time

Easy level

12 ingredients

Microwave Penne with Sausage and Peppers recipe by Tim Anderson

One of my favourite easy meals is sausage and peppers, a simple, crowd-pleasing staple of Italian-American communities across the states, but particularly associated with Philadelphia. Add some pasta to this and you’ve got yourself a complete, delicious meal that cooks in the microwave in no time and in one dish.

Method

Based on 3 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Combine the dried penne, oil, garlic, chilli flakes, oregano, and tomatoes with 250 mls water (if cooking for 2) in a large bowl and stir to mix. Add the drained olives, peppers and sausages on top.

Step 2

Cover and cook for 24 minutes, stirring every 8 minutes on full power (800w). Stir in the basil at the end of cooking, taste and adjust the seasoning with salt as you like (for me it usually doesn’t need any). Garnish with grated Parmesan, if you like.

Ingredients
Based on 3 servings

Maldon Salt, to taste 1 x Maldon Sea Salt Flakes 250g
4 Sausages, fresh Italian fennel sausages are best, but any will do 1 x Sainsbury's British Pork Sausages, Taste the Difference x6 400g
1 tbsp Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
400g Tinned Tomatoes, any kind 1 x Sainsbury's Chopped Tomatoes Can 400g
1 tsp Dried Oregano 1 x Sainsbury's Oregano 12g
10g Basil, torn or chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g
30g Grated Parmesan, to garnish 1 x Stamford Street Co. Italian Hard Cheese 200g
60g Pitted Green Olives 1 x Sainsbury's Pitted Green Olives 340g (150g*)
4 Garlic Cloves, thinly sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic
2 Red Bell Peppers, de-seeded and roughly chopped 2 x Sainsbury's Red Pepper
200g Penne, dried 1 x Sainsbury's Penne Rigate Pasta 500g
1 tsp Chilli (Hot Pepper) Flakes 1 x Sainsbury's Crushed Chillies 32g