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Italian sausages in tomato sauce & cheese with spinach mash recipe

Italian sausages in tomato sauce & cheese with spinach mash

Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 22 minutes
Total Time: 27 minutes
Servings 4 people
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Equipment

  • 1 Steamer pot
  • 1 Large frypan

Ingredients

Mash

  • 800 g potatoes
  • 1 cup baby spinach or silverbeet
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • ¼ cup milk or plant-based milk

Sausages

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 600 g beef sausages

Sauce

  • 1 brown onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp Italian herbs
  • 400 g crushed Italian tomatoes
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 cube beef stock
  • ½ cup cheese grated

Instructions

Before you start

  • Bring a steamer pot of hot tap water to a boil.

Spinach mash

  • Peel 800 g potatoes and dice them into small cubes. Roughly chop 1 cup baby spinach. Add the potato to the steamer pot of boiling water and cook for 12-15 minutes, until tender. When the potatoes have 2 minutes of cooking time remaining add the spinach. Remove from heat, drain and transfer the potatoes to the bottom pot. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and ¼ cup milk and season with salt and pepper and mash until smooth. Cover to keep warm.

Cook sausages

  • Meanwhile, heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat. Add 600 g beef sausages and cook for 5-8 minutes, until cooked through and golden. Place sausages on a plate to cool slightly. Reserve the frypan.

Make sauce

  • Peel and finely dice 1 brown onion and 1 carrot. Peel and mince 2 cloves garlic. Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in the reserved frypan on medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and carrot and cook for 2-3 minutes, until the onion softens. Add 1 tsp Italian herbs, 400 g crushed Italian tomatoes, 1 tsp honey and crumble in 1 cube beef stock. Stir to combine. Cook for 4-5 minutes, until thickened and the carrot is tender.

To finish

  • Meanwhile, slice the sausages in half lengthwise (or slice them into bite-sized pieces for kids). Return them to the pan with the sauce and grate over ½ cup cheese. Continue to cook with a lid on for 1-2 minutes, or until the cheese is melted.

To serve

  • Divide the spinach mash between plates and top with the Italian sausages in tomato sauce and cheese.

Nutrition

Calories: 823kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 55g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 1210mg | Potassium: 1726mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 10g | Calcium: 216mg | Iron: 5mg