Pork & Fennel Pasta with Creamy Courgette Sauce

Pork & Fennel Pasta with Creamy Courgette Sauce

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 5
This dish most recently appeared in My Choice (4 Nights For 4) on Sunday, March 28, 2021.

Enjoy this quick and easy pasta with a classic pork fennel grind.


Ingredients

Pasta

  • 3/4 pack linguine pasta
  • 250g frozen peas

Sauce

  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 drizzle of oil
  • 600g pork and fennel grind
  • 1 drizzle of oil
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 100g baby spinach
  • 125g sour cream
  • 2 courgette, thinly sliced

To Serve

  • 50g grated Parmesan

Steps

  1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Prep onion and courgette.
  3. Heat oil in a large fry-pan on high heat. Cook pork and fennel grind for 5-7 minutes, until browned and cooked through. Set pork aside and reserve pan.
  4. Add pasta to pot of boiling water and cook for about 12 minutes, until tender. Add peas and cook for a further 2 minutes. Drain well and return to pot.
  5. Return reserved pan to medium-high heat and add oil, onion and courgette. Cook for about 5 minutes, until tender. Add stock and cook for about 3 minutes, until reduced. Remove from heat and fold through spinach, cooked pork and sour cream.
  6. Add sauce to pot with cooked pasta and stir to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  7. Pasta topped with Parmesan.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2748 kj
657 kcal
Protein 43.3g
Carbohydrate 60.6g
Fat 25.0g