Sausage Ragu And Spinach Pasta Bake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 pork sausage links
340 g chopped tomatoes with garlic and herbs, pureed
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
250 g pasta
200 g spinach
50 g parmesan cheese
For cheese sauce
13 g plain flour
13 g butter
300 ml milk
salt and pepper
40 g grated cheese

Preparation

To make the cheese sauce, melt the butter in a saucepan and stir in the flour. Remove the pan from the heat and add the milk. Stir over a medium heat and bring to the boil. Simmer for 8-10 minutes until it begins to thicken. Add the cheese and season with salt and pepper.
Chop up the sausages into small pieces and fry in a little oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add the tomato sauce and bring to the boil. Add the oregano, season with salt and pepper and simmer for 10 minutes.
Cook the pasta for 2 mins less than package instructions.
Pour a kettle of boiling water over the spinach to wilt.
Add the pasta to the cheese sauce.
In a large dish, add the meat sauce and then the spinach, cover with the cheesy pasta mix and top with the parmesan.
Bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes at 180C fan.