Proper blokes' sausage fusilli
This is a real blokey, gutsy yet simple pasta dish – but saying that, girls tend to like it as well! It hasn't really got a sauce of any description because all the flavour that comes out of the ingredients will stick to the pasta and that's enough. I will even go so far as to say that this is one of my top ten pasta dishes! Remember to buy the best sausages you can afford – if you get cheap, dodgy sausages it just won't work.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Sausage | 100g cooked | 301 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Parmesan Cheese | 1 oz (28g) | 110 |
| Fennel | 1/2 bulb (87g) | 27 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Oregano | 1 tsp dried (1.8g) | 5 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 heaped teaspoons fennel seeds
- 2 dried red chillies, crumbled
- olive oil
- 400 g quality coarse Italian or Cumberland sausages
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 small wineglass white wine
- zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 320 g good-quality fusilli or penne
- sea salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- olive oil
- 1 small handful Parmesan cheese, freshly grated, plus extra for serving
- 1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves picked and chopped