Spicy Pork Sausage Ragu with Pasta

Name: Thermomix recipe: Spicy Pork Sausage Ragu with Pasta
Prep time: 1 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 6 cloves garlic; 2 red onion halved; 1 Tablespoon fennel seeds; 20 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO); 600 Grams spicy Italian sausage, cut in pieces; 140 Grams tomato paste; 40 Grams coconut sugar; 50 Grams Brew Choc granules; 1 Teaspoon dried red chilli flakes or to taste; 1 680g jar tomato passata; pink salt flakes to taste; Freshly grated black pepper to taste; parmesan cheese Freshly grated, to serve; Italian parsley leaves to serve

Serves 8 Prep Time 1 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Rated: Print

Chocolate and pork? Why yes! Cocoa enhances the spices and the end result is a deep rich earthy flavour that tastes like it's been simmering away for hours. Your guests will wonder, "Hmmm ... ? What is that ... ? Trust me -- they will never guess it's chocolate!

The flavour of this sauce improves with age, so don’t be afraid to keep in the fridge for a couple of days if you have left overs.

This was originally created for the Death by Chocolate Calendar from quite a few years ago and then I think I whacked it into the American cookbook, because it seriously was too good to waste in an old calendar. It is delish. If you make it, please post it on socials and don't forget to hashtag me with #cookingwithtenina so I can see the benefits of your hard work!

Enjoy.

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Need

6 cloves garlic
2 red onion halved
1 Tablespoon fennel seeds
20 Grams Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO) BUY
600 Grams spicy Italian sausage, cut in pieces
140 Grams tomato paste
40 Grams coconut sugar
50 Grams Brew Choc granules BUY
1 Teaspoon dried red chilli flakes or to taste
1 680g jar tomato passata
pink salt flakes to taste BUY
Freshly grated black pepper to taste
parmesan cheese Freshly grated, to serve
Italian parsley leaves to serve

Do

1: Place garlic, onions, fennel seeds and EVOO into Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 5.
2: Scrape down sides of bowl.
3: Sauté 5 min/Varoma/speed 1.
4: Add sausage and sauté 5 min/Varoma/Reverse/speed 1.
5: Add tomato paste, sugar, cocoa powder, tomato passata and seasoning.
6: Cook 10 min/100°C/Reverse/speed 1.
7: Serve over cooked pasta with a dredging of parmesan and a handful of parsley.

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!