This spicy chorizo pasta is really really really good – and to healthify it (if you please) serve it with some zucchini noodles rather than wheat pasta. You might be asking “chorizo, aren’t they full of artificial nitrates?” well yep, most of the time they are however we’ve found this 100% natural chorizo which, at the time of writing this post, you could get at Woolworths, which we’re happy to recommend.

Our grandfather was full Polish, so our Dad grew up with lots of fermented vegetables, processed meats etc, salami and twiggy sticks were a bit of a staple in our home, that was until we went additive free. Gee it was hard to give these yummy meats up, okay we won’t lie, we still ate them at Christmas cause we’ve never said we’re perfect lol

See if you can find some natural Chorizo at your local Woolies and give this dish a go.  We do cook this off in a frying pan because you need that yummy caramelised flavour from the onions and meat.  The Thermo just can’t do that, however, the thermo is a great chopping machine and will save you a lot of time!

February 20, 2018
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  • 20m
  • 30m
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Ingredients

  • 1 brown onion
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 red chilli
  • 1 red capsicum
  • 2 chorizo sausage
  • 2 handfuls baby spinach
  • 12 black olive
  • 1 tbsp. olive oil for frying
  • 1 tsp. dried basil
  • 1 tsp. dried oregano
  • 1 can tin tomatoes
  • 1 packet of fettuccini pasta (gluten-free works well)
  • parmesan cheese to serve

Instructions

  1. Peel onion and garlic and finely dice or blitz then in thermie for 5 seconds/speed.
  2. Prepare all ingredients, as you'll need these quickly. De-seed and thinly slice chilli. De-seed and dice capsicum. Slice sausage. Wash baby spinach and drain olives if using.
  3. Heat oil over med-high heat in a frying pan and saute onion and garlic until translucent. Add chilli and cook for 1 minute.
  4. Add capsicum and sausage and cook until browned and cooked through.
  5. Add everything else and let simmer on low while you cook your pasta or for 10 minutes.
  6. Serve with some grated parmesan cheese and enjoy.

Nutrition

  • 6