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'I Tried Gordon Ramsay's 15-Minute Sausage Bolognese Pasta. Now, My Family Makes It For Dinner Every Week'
When Anneta Konstantinides and her family stumbled upon "Gordon Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course," we had no idea we were about to discover one of our favorite weekly pasta recipes.
The series — which first aired in the UK in 2012 — follows Ramsay as he demonstrates 100 essential recipes for the home chef.
The dish that excited them most was a 15-minute tagliatelle with sausage Bolognese. Here's how to make it.
[Ingredients for Gordon Ramsay's 15-minute pasta. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider]
To whip up this delicious dish, you'll need:
- Dried tagliatelle pasta
- Sausages (Ramsay recommends fennel or Sicilian)
- Tomatoes
- Half an onion
- A few cloves of garlic
If you can't find tagliatelle at your local supermarket, pappardelle always makes for a great substitute.
[Chop some onions, garlic, and fresh parsley. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider]
One of the best parts about this dish is that there's barely any prep. It takes me about five minutes or less to prepare everything before I start cooking.
While Italian parsley isn't part of Ramsay's recipe, Konstantinides loves adding it if she has any lying around. The herb brightens all the flavors and brings a bit of freshness and color to the dish.
[Peel the skin from the sausage before you crumble it. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider]
Before Konstantinides starts cooking, she alsos prep her sausage for the sauce.
You need to peel the casings from the sausages before crumbling the meat. Ramsay recommends slicing each sausage down the middle to help remove the skin.
[Add the garlic and parsley. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider]
After putting the pasta into a pot of well-salted boiling water, Konstantinides throws her onions into a pan.
Then, it's time to throw in the garlic and parsley. Ramsay recommends letting the garlic and onions "sweat until they're soft" before you add the meat.
[Once the onions and garlic have cooked for a bit, throw in the sausage. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider]
Then, Konstantinides adds the sausage and uses a spatula to break down the chunks of meat while mixing everything together.
Don't forget to sprinkle some salt and pepper on top!
[You can add chopped tomatoes to make the pasta more saucy. Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider]
After the sausage meat has browned, Konstantinides throws in the chopped tomatoes and a can of crushed tomatoes.
The first two times Konstantinides and her dad made this dish, they thought the sauce was a little dry with just the chopped tomatoes. Tagliatelle and pappardelle noodles are perfect vehicles for thick sauces; they almost seem a little naked without one.
Since they already loved the taste of the pasta, they didn't want to change the recipe drastically. The extra can of crushed tomatoes gives the Bolognese sauce a bit more oomph in taste and texture but still stays true to Ramsay's flavor profile.
To see the finished results of Gordon Ramsay's 15-minute sausage bolognese pasta, head to Business Insider.
