Sausage Ragu and Spinach Pasta Bake

Easy everyday recipe that combines creamy cheese sauce and tomatoes for a perfect family meal!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 3

Ingredients

• 3  pork sausage links
• 340  g  chopped tomatoes with garlic and herbs, pureed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 250  g pasta
• 200  g spinach
• 50  g parmesan cheese

• For cheese sauce

• 13  g plain flour
• 13  g butter
• 300  ml milk
•  salt and pepper
• 40  g  grated cheese

Directions

1. To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour. Remove the pan from the heat and add the milk. Stir over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Simmer for 8-10 minutes until it begins to thicken. Add the cheese and season with salt and pepper.
2. Chop up the sausages into small pieces and fry in a little oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the tomato sauce and bring to the boil. Add the oregano, season with salt and pepper and simmer for 10 minutes.
3. Cook the pasta for 2 mins less than package instructions.
4. Pour a kettle of boiling water over the spinach to wilt.
5. Add the pasta to the cheese sauce.
6. In a large dish, add the meat sauce and then the spinach, cover with the cheesy pasta mix and top with the parmesan.
7. Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes at 180C fan.