Smoky Sausage And Bean Ragu

Cosy up with a bowlful of our delicious smoky sausage and bean ragu. A super easy belly-filler for feeding the family on a cold day

Why You'll LOVE This Sausage And Bean Ragu

Budget Recipe - we use a handful of low cost ingredients to make this panful of delicious, smoky sausage and bean ragu. Plus we've popped ingredient swaps below for extra ideas.

Simple To Make - sausage ragu is super easy to make, it's just fry, simmer, stir and serve!

Proper Warming Comfort Food - as soon as November hits, we're all about the comfort food and our sausage and bean pasta recipe is the perfect warming dish.

Smoky Sausage And Bean Ragu Recipe

Makes – 4 

Prep Time – 10 minutes 

Cook Time – approx 30 minutes

Total Time – approx 40 minutes 

Our Most Popular Alternative – Sausage Hotpot

Equipment Needed

• Chopping board

• Vegetable knife

• Large skillet style pan with a lid

• Tablespoon

• Teaspoon

• Cooking spoon

Smoky Sausage And Bean Ragu Ingredients

Everything you'll need to make our cosy sausage and bean ragu for dinner

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

• ½ red onion - finely chopped

• 2 cloves garlic - finely chopped

• 400g pork sausages

• 1 heaped tablespoon smoked paprika

• 400g passata

• 400g cannellini beans

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• pinch salt

• pinch black pepper

How To Make Smoky Sausage And Bean Ragu

This is such a delicious and easy pasta recipe to make.

Step One - fry the onions and garlic

• Add the olive oil to a saucepan over a medium heat.

• Fry the onions and garlic with a pinch of salt for around 5 minutes so they start to soften

Step Two - prep the sausages

• Whilst the onions fry, remove the sausage skins and break the sausages into 6 pieces each.

Step Three - fry the sausages

• Then add the sausages to the pan and fry for around 5 minutes so the sausages start to colour. Add the smoked paprika and fry for a further 2-3 minutes.

Step Four - add the rest of the ingredients

• Add the passata, cannellini beans and dried oregano. Sprinkle in a pinch of salt and black pepper. Give everything a good mix together to mingle the flavours

Step Five - cook the sausage and bean ragu

• Bring the sausage ragu to the boil, then turn down the heat, put the lid on and simmer for 20 minutes

Step Six - serve the sausage and bean ragu

• Our favourite way to serve sausage and bean ragu is to toss it through freshly cooked pasta and sprinkle with grated Cheddar cheese.

What To Serve With Sausage Ragu

Okay - not only is this great served with pasta and loads of grated Cheddar cheese, it's also delicious served with the following too!

• Spooned into baked potatoes (and yes... add some grated cheese too for extra deliciousness)

• Serve with plain boiled basmati rice and some broccoli or cook some peas and corn from the freezer. Or for speed try serving with the quick microwavable rice sachets.

• Top with fluffy cheesy mash potatoes and finish off under the grill to brown, like a sort of sausage cottage pie.

Recipe Tips And Ingredient Swaps and Add-Ins

You can use this sausage and bean ragu recipe as a base and add in some extras or make swaps if you like, try...

Try different sausages - swap the sausages for any others you like - try beef, chicken or vegetarian sausages.

Add more vegetables - fancy some extra veggies? Try chopped diced bell peppers, courgettes or mushrooms.

Need to feed more people? - If you need to make the meal stretch to feed more people, try adding in an extra can of beans, some grated carrots, or some peeled potatoes chopped or sliced into small pieces.

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