Sausage, Mustard & Basil Pasta

Ingredients

• 450 g pork sausages (de-skinned (6 sausages))
• 300 g pasta
• 1/2 tsp sunflower oil
• 3 tbsp low fat cream cheese
• 80 ml semi skimmed milk
• 1 tbsp plain flour
• 250 ml chicken stock
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp chilli flakes
• pinch black pepper
• 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
• small bunch of basil (sliced)
• 20 g Parmesan (grated)

Instructions

1. 1

   De-skin the sausages and break them into pieces using your hands. There is no need to roll them into balls

2. 2

   Add the oil to a frying pan over a medium high heat. When hot add the sausage pieces. Cook for approximately 10 minutes until browned and cooked through

3. 3

   Whilst your sausages are cooking, boil the pasta as per the packet instructions in salted boiling water. Once cooked, drain and set aside

4. 4

   Once the sausages are cooked, remove them from the pan and set to once side

5. 5

   In a bowl, whisk together the low fat cream cheese, milk and flour

6. 6

   Turn the frying pan onto a low heat. Add the cream cheese mixture along with the chicken stock

7. 7

   Whisk the sauce until all of the lumps have disappeared and the sauce is smooth. Keep whisking for a minute or so until it thickens

8. 8

   Add the mustard, chilli flakes, salt and pepper and whisk through before adding the sausage back to the pan along with the sliced basil

9. 9

   Add the cooked pasta to the pan along with the grated parmesan. Stir through and serve