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Serves 4 as main, 6 as side
Prep time 1 hr. including bean cooking time
Cooking time 25 mins.
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Italian Sausage, Broccoli & Bean Rigatoni

Great dish for kids.
Ingredients
Amount
Ingredient
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, finely sliced
1 red chilli, finely sliced
500 gram Italian pork sausages, removed from casings
200 ml chicken stock
150 gram broccoli florets (bite sized pieces)
1 1/2 McKenzie's Cannellini Beans
500 gram rigatoni (or any similar pasta)
To taste McKenzie's Australian Natural Sea Salt
To taste McKenzie's Whole Black Peppercorns
1/3 cup parmesan cheese, shaved
Directions
Step 1
In a large saucepan, heat oil and saute onion for 5 minutes or until softened. Add garlic and chilli and cook for a further 2 minutes, stirring. Spoon mixture into a bowl and set aside.
Step 2
Using the same saucepan, saute sausage, breaking it up with the back of a spoon until it cooks. Return onion mixture to the pan. Add broccoli and stock and cook until broccoli is tender, approximately 10 minutes. Season with McKenzie's Australian Natural Sea Salt and McKenzie's Whole Black Peppercorns to taste.
Step 3
While the broccoli is cooking, bring a large pot of water to the boil. Cook pasta until al dente.
Step 4
Add drained McKenzie's Cannellini Beans to sausage mixture and stir until heated through.
Step 5
Add cooked drained pasta to sausage mixture and stir through gently to combine.
Step 6
Serve topped with shaved parmesan cheese.
Step 7
Tips: Use premium quality sausages as this will ensure a quality dish. This is a great dish for kids - just omit the chilli and use any of your childs favourite vegetables.