#74 - Creamy Sausage, Taleggio and Rocket Pasta
Hello gorgeous folk!
It’s got a bit colder and greyer in London this week, and after a very sociable (with bursts of sunshine) bank holiday, I’m finding myself wanting to retreat to my sofa with a blanket and a hoodie to watch Paddington 2 for the ump-teenth time. There can be a lot of pressure at this time of year to be out there socialising in pub gardens, but recharging at home time is equally important to me, so this is what I’ve been doing.
Recipe inspiration can come from all kinds of places, but when my creative juices are flowing, sometimes all it takes is peeking in the fridge and imagining how to combine the things I see in it. This recipe is the result of one of those days!
This week’s recipe is inspired by a Nigel Slater pasta recipe that my friend Sam used to cook when we were teenagers, involving sausages, cream, wholegrain mustard and basil. I’m still living off things in my fridge after a busy week of hosting and recipe testing, so I’ve put my own spin on this old favourite with things that I had in.
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Big love!
Sophie x
The Recipe
Sausage, Taleggio and Rocket Pasta
This is one of those GORGEOUS recipes that comes together in the time it takes the pasta to cook, making it perfect for speedy solo lunches or dinners when energy is low, but you still want a meal packed with flavour.
Mustard in pasta might sound unconventional (because it is), but sausages + mustard are pals, and so are sausages + pasta, and seeing they both have sausages as a mutual friend, then they are bound to get on like a house on fire. And guess what? They do.
Basil and rocket add lovely herby, peppery notes, but you could fridge raid by adding other herbs and leaves instead. Parsley, tarragon, watercress or spinach would also work in their place. The beauty of this dish is that it’s easy to substitute ingredients out for ones you already have, so you don’t have to be too precious about it. Just use what you’ve got in the fridge.
P.S. If you don’t have taleggio (I’m aware it’s not that conventional a thing to discover in a fridge raid), then you can just add 10g extra parmesan.
Serves 1