Sausage pasta bake

• Pork sausages6
• Penne / fusilli400g
• Passata500g
• Brown onions100g
• Mature cheddar80g
• Dried mixed herbsstore cupboard1 tsp (3g)

Plus salt and pepper. About £3.02 for the amounts used.

Method

1. 1

   Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan, gas 6).

2. 2

   Cook 400g pasta for 2 minutes less than the pack says, then drain.

3. 3

   Squeeze the meat out of 6 sausages and fry with 1 chopped onion for 8 minutes, breaking it up. Add 500g passata and 1 tsp mixed herbs and simmer for 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Mix with the pasta, tip into a baking dish and top with 80g grated cheddar.

5. 5

   Bake for 20 minutes until golden and bubbling.