One Pan Pasta - Sausage Tomato & Lentils

4.52 from 39 votes

An easy one pan pasta recipe flavoured with sausage tomato and lentils a quick no fuss family dinner

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Total Time45

Course: Family Dinner Ideas

Cuisine: Italian

Keyword: one pan pasta, pasta with lentils, sausage pasta, sausage pasta recipes, sausage tomato pasta

Servings: serves

Calories: 687kcal

Author: Stacey

Heat oil in the pan over a medium heat
Add the onion, celery, and carrot and sauté until beginning to soften (around 5 mins).
Cut up the sausage meat into bite-sized pieces, add this to the pan and brown.
Add the garlic cloves and thyme. Sauté everything for a further 1-2 minutes until you can smell the garlic.
Add both tins of tomatoes, the lentils and the stock, give everything a good stir.
Add the dry pasta, stir, let the mix come to the boil, then cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low. It should take around 25 mins for the pasta to become tender, but this will vary a little depending on the pasta shape you have chosen.
Optional: Add 2 to3 handfuls of baby spinach leaves to the pan, cover with the lid for 1-2 minutes until wilted, then stir through the pasta.
If the pasta is not quite tender when you remove the lid, pop the lid back on and cook for a further couple of minutes. If the pasta sauce is thinner than you would prefer, cook the pasta for a few more minutes with the lid off so that extra moisture can escape.
Enjoy

For the best sausage pasta my best tip is to take the time to remove the skins from the sausages. It's not essential and you can see in my video and photos I myself don't always do it, but when I do, it is better!
Sausages: I like to use a good pork sausage when I make this meal, my absolute favourite is a fennel pork sausage. But the recipe will work with any sausages and the final flavor of the dish will change depending on the flavours in the sausage you choose.
Whole peeled tomatoes canned: I like to use canned cherry tomatoes but you can use any sized peeled canned tomatoes.
Lentils canned: I use brown canned lentils when I make this recipe. You can use ¼ cup dried red lentils but you will need increase the stock in the recipe by 1 cup.
Stock: I use chicken stock or bone broth but you can use your favourite stock.
Pasta penne: I originally shared this recipe with spaghetti. You can use any pasta shape, if you are using spaghetti you will need to snap the strands in half before adding them to the pan. Cook time for penne or spirals is around 20-25 minutes, where cook time for spaghetti is quicker at 15 minutes.