Creamy Sausage Pasta with Bacon

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Steps

1. Step 1

   Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan).

2. Step 2

   Place the sausages on a baking sheet and place in the oven to cook for approx 20 minutes, until golden brown and cooked through. Then remove from the oven and place on a chopping board.

3. Step 3

   Meanwhile, cook the pasta in boiling water as per the cooking instructions, until al dente, then drain in a colander, reserving about a cup of the pasta cooking water.

4. Step 4

   While the pasta and sausages are cooking place a large frying pan over a medium heat to heat up.

5. Step 5

   Once hot, place the bacon in the pan and cook for about 5-6 minutes, turning once during cooking, until browned and crispy. Remove from the pan and place on a chopping board.

6. Step 6

   Add the tablespoon of oil to the bacon fat that’s already in the frying pan.

7. Step 7

   Add the onion to the pan and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the onion has softened.

8. Step 8

   By now the pasta should be ready (remember to save a cup of the pasta water when draining the pasta). Add the drained pasta to the frying pan with the onion.

9. Step 9

   Add the cheese, cream, and pepper to the pan and stir together with the pasta until the cheese has melted.

10. Step 10

    Slice the cooked sausages and bacon on the chopping board and add to the pan with the pasta.

11. Step 11

    Stir everything together.

12. Step 12

    If you want to loosen the sauce slightly, add splashes of the pasta cooking water until the sauce is thinned to your liking.

13. Step 13

    Transfer the pasta to bowls and serve topped with fresh parsley and a little more black pepper if you like.

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