2019-02-01_Inside_Out

You have to try everything

10 times before I can accept

you truly don’t like it

LUCY TWEED, COOK & FOOD STYLIST

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one-pan sausage pasta

SERVES 4-6 (plus 1-2 lunches)

750g sausages, skin removed and meat formed

into tiny polpette (mini meatballs)

1 onion, chopped

4 garlic cloves, chopped

2 tbsp fresh oregano, chopped

Salt and pepper

250g short pasta

1 can crushed tomatoes

1 500ml jar passata

1 cup mozzarella, grated

2 cups parmesan, grated

½ cup water

1 can measurement milk

to serve

4 slices mozzarella

1 burrata or buffalo mozzarella

1 bunch rocket

Salad dressing from the fridge hack section (see page 140)

1 tbsp fresh oregano, chopped

Lemon zest and grated parmesan

You can pretty much assume my recipes require an oven on

180°C. This is because I have three kids (above, from left, James,

Beau and Winter) and the oven can do things without requiring

attention like a needy stovetop. So when I can, food goes in there.

I did start this on the stove but, relax, it’s a one-pan wonder.

1. Fry the sausage meatballs in hot oil, in a large ovenproof pan
   with a lid. Brown them off for a bit and then lower heat and add
   the onion, garlic, oregano and some salt and pepper.


2. In a mixing bowl, combine pasta, canned and bottled tomatoes,
   grated cheeses, water and, this looks gross, but the milk as well.


3. Get all this back in the pan and chuck a lid on it. Put it in the
   oven for 45 minutes. Try not to check it – but do it anyway
   because we don’t know each other that well yet. It will bubble
   and steam and eventually arrive at al dente. Take it out when
   you can happily eat a centre piece of pasta.


4. Scatter the mozzarella slices and burrata on top, then put
   the lid back on.


5. Toss a salad together (don’t complicate things... you really only
   need leaves and dressing). Serve the pasta, sprinkled with fresh
   oregano, and the salad on the table, with a drizzle of oil, maybe
   some fresh lemon zest over the top and some extra parmesan.
   (Don’t be angry that nobody is speaking. It’s their way of saying,
   “Thank you and we love you”.)

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