I’m making a very simple pasta dish with sausage!

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Hello friends! How are you doing?

Today, I'd like to prepare a very simple dish with you, perfect for a midday lunch: a pasta made with leftover sauce. Let me explain: last night I had some leftover sausage and put it in the fridge, so why not prepare a dish for today?

Ingredients

• A piece of pork sausage
• About 150 grams of short pasta (for two people)
• Salt
• Olive oil
• Basil
• Onion
• Tomato
• Grana cheese
• Carrot

First, I chopped the onion and basil, added a carrot, and put everything in a pan to sauté with a bit of oil, cooking and browning the ingredients without burning them.

Then, I added the tomato, which I usually prepare and store in jars, but you can also use fresh tomato, depending on your preference. I let it cook for a while, then added the sausage, which didn’t need to be cooked since I had already cooked it the day before.

After a few minutes, I added the pasta, which I had weighed beforehand. I use fresh pasta, so I add it directly to the sauce with a bit of water. However, if you're using dried pasta, you’ll need to cook it separately in boiling water.

Finally, I added a bit of salt, some more olive oil, and a sprinkle of Parmigiano Reggiano—of course, only if you like cheese.

I hope you found this recipe interesting. The great thing about making pasta is that you can use leftovers, which is important because we shouldn’t waste food—unfortunately, something that happens all too often in Italy.

See you soon, friends! I’ll see you in my next post, and I wish you all a great weekend!