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Sausage & butternut squash shells

Name: Sausage & butternut squash shells
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 medium butternut squash peeled and cut into medium chunks; 1 ½ tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves crushed; 1 fennel bulb thinly sliced (keep the green fronds to serve); 4 spring onions thinly sliced; 2 tsp chilli flakes; 1 tsp fennel seeds; 300g large pasta shells; 3 pork sausages

Sophie Godwin – Cookery writer

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 35 mins

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Cook up sausage, butternut squash, fennel, spring onions and pasta to make this healthy, low calorie pasta dish. It's full of flavour and low cost too

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 medium butternut squash

peeled and cut into medium chunks
1 ½ tbsp olive oil
2 garlic cloves

crushed
1 fennel bulb

thinly sliced (keep the green fronds to serve)
4 spring onions

thinly sliced
2 tsp chilli flakes
1 tsp fennel seeds
300g large pasta shells
3 pork sausages

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal462

low
fat16g
saturates4g
carbs60g
sugars6g
fibre9g
protein15g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Put the squash in a microwaveable bowl with a splash of water. Cover with cling film and cook on high for 10 mins until soft. Tip into a blender.
step 2

Meanwhile, put a frying pan over a medium heat and pour in 1 tbsp olive oil. Add the garlic, sliced fennel, spring onions, half the chilli flakes, half the fennel seeds and a splash of water. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 mins until softened. Scrape into the blender with squash. Blitz to a smooth sauce, adding enough water to get to a creamy consistency. Season to taste.
step 3

Bring a pan of water to the boil and cook the pasta for 1 min less than the pack instructions. Put the frying pan back on the heat (don’t bother washing it first – it’s all flavour). Pour in the remaining oil, squeeze the sausagemeat from the skins into the pan and add the remaining chilli and remaining fennel seeds. Fry until browned and crisp, breaking down the sausagemeat with a spoon.
step 4

Drain the pasta and return to its pan on the heat. Pour in the butternut sauce and give everything a good mix to warm the sauce through. Divide between bowls and top with the crispy sausage mix and fennel fronds.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2018

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