Instant Pot Sausage & Tomato Pasta

Crumbled pork sausage meat and pasta in a herby tomato sauce, all in one pot.

TIME BREAKDOWN
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 30 min
Total: 45 minutes
Vegetarian
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Nuts
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Serves
4 people
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 6 pork sausages, skins removed
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
  • 400ml hot chicken stock (1 stock cube)
  • 300g penne
  • 400g tin chopped tomatoes
  • 50g mature Cheddar, grated, to serve
  • Salt and black pepper to taste

Method

  1. Select Sauté and heat the oil. Add the sausage meat and cook for 6 minutes, breaking it into small pieces, until browned.

  2. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes. Add the garlic, tomato purée and mixed herbs and cook for 1 minute.

  3. Pour in the stock and scrape up any stuck-on bits from the base of the inner pot; this prevents a Burn notice. Add the pasta and push it under the liquid.

  4. Pour the tinned tomatoes over the top and do not stir. Lock the lid, set the steam release valve to Sealing and select Pressure Cook (High) for 4 minutes.

  5. When the time is up, carefully turn the valve to Venting for a quick release.

  6. Stir well. If the sauce is thin, select Sauté and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Season to taste, scatter over the Cheddar and serve.