Italian sausage and cheesy tomato macaroni

A family- and budget-friendly recipe made especially easy with a slow cooker.

Recipe «Italian sausage and cheesy tomato macaroni» presented in category Recipes / Meat, to prepare this dish you will need no more 4:25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 brown onion, chopped, 3 middle bacon rashers, trimmed, chopped, 420g packet Italian beef and pork sausages, 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock , 420g can Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup, 3 cups dried pasta curls, 1/3 cup light thickened cooking cream , 1/2 cup frozen peas, 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, firmly packed, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella, grated, 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs, toasted, 2 bunches broccolini, steamed.

Ingredients:

• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 
• 1 brown onion, chopped 
• 3 middle bacon rashers, trimmed, chopped 
• 420g packet Italian beef and pork sausages 
• 1 cup Massel chicken style liquid stock 
• 420g can Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup 
• 3 cups dried pasta curls 
• 1/3 cup light thickened cooking cream 
• 1/2 cup frozen peas 
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, firmly packed 
• 1 1/2 cups mozzarella, grated 
• 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs, toasted 
• 2 bunches broccolini, steamed 

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion and bacon. Cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until onion is softened. Squeeze sausages from casings. Add to pan. Cook, breaking up sausage mince with a wooden spoon, for 5 minutes or until browned. Transfer to slow cooker. Add stock, soup and 1 cup water. Cover. Cook on high for 1 hour (or low for 2 hours).
2. Add pasta. Cook on high for 1 hour (or low for 2 hours), stirring halfway through, or until pasta is just tender.
3. Stir in cream, peas and basil. Season with pepper. Sprinkle with mozzarella, then breadcrumbs. Cook on high for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove lid. Turn cooker off. Stand for 5 minutes. Serve macaroni with steamed broccolini.