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Jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers with linguine and sausage ragù

Jack-o-lantern stuffed peppers with linguine and sausage ragù

Carve jack-o’-lantern faces into roasted bell peppers to make your Halloween spaghetti dinner look spectacularly spooky.

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  • Serves6
  • CourseMain meal
  • Prepare20 mins
  • Cook45 mins
  • Total time1 hr 5 mins

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Ingredients

  • 200g linguine
  • 450g pack Waitrose Pork Sausagemeat Stuffing with Pepper & Nutmeg
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 200g frozen diced onions
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1 tsp fennel seeds
  • 1 medium courgette, trimmed and coarsely grated
  • 350g tub Waitrose Cherry Tomato & Basil Sauce
  • 2 x packs sweet peppers

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C, gas mark 7 and line a baking tray with parchment paper. Cook the linguine according to pack instructions. Drain and set aside.

  2. Warm a large nonstick frying pan over a high heat and fry the sausagemeat for 10 minutes, breaking it up with a spatula or spoon as it cooks. When browned, remove and set aside. Without cleaning the pan, add the olive oil, onions, garlic, fennel seeds and courgette, then turn down the heat.

  3. Cook, with the lid on, for 5 minutes, or until the onions have softened. Add the tomato sauce then return the sausagemeat to the pan. Simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes over a medium heat to reduce the sauce a little, ensuring the sausagemeat is cooked through with no pink meat remaining.

  4. Meanwhile, cut the tops from the peppers, discard the seeds and keep the tops. Using a small knife, carve a face on each pepper. Place on the prepared oven tray. Mix the pasta with the ragù and use to stuff the peppers. You may have a little filling leftover to serve on the side.

  5. Replace the pepper lids and roast for 25 minutes, or until piping hot and cooked through (turn the temperature down slightly if they brown too quickly). Tease out some of the pasta with a fork before serving to make them look more dramatic.

Nutritional

Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe

Energy

1,866kJ/ 446kcals

Fat

21g

Saturated Fat

4.9g

Carbohydrates

43g

Sugars

18g

Fibre

9.6g

Protein

16g

Salt

1.2g

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