Easy, butter-roasted tomato-and-sausage spaghetti

Say hello to your new favourite pasta sauce.

Ingredients:

  • 1 x 800 g can whole peeled tomatoes in tomato juice
  • 8 garlic cloves, smashed
  • 60 g butter, cubed
  • 1 red chilli, halved
  • 1 t smoked paprika
  • smoked salt, to taste
  • 1 T olive oil
  • 500 g Woolworths pork-and-herb bangers, removed from casings
  • 500 g spaghetti
  • Parmesan, grated, for serving

Method:

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. Pour the tomatoes into an ovenproof tray and crush lightly using the back of a fork. Add the garlic, butter, chilli, smoked paprika and salt. Roast for 45 minutes, or until jammy.
  2. Heat a pan over a medium to high heat. Add the olive oil and fry the sausage meat until golden and cooked through, breaking it up with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Remove from the heat.
  3. Bring a large saucepan of salted water to the boil. Cook the pasta until al dente, then drain, reserving 1⁄3 cup pasta water. Return to the saucepan with the reserved water.
  4. Remove the tomatoes from the oven and, using a potato masher or fork, break up the garlic and tomatoes. Add the sauce to the cooked pasta and toss until well coated. Fold through the sausage meat and serve on a large platter, topped with the Parmesan.
(Serves 6)