Sucuk sausage pasta with Turkish tomato paste

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• 200 ml Pasta stock
• 125 g Curly fettuccine
• 1 pinches salt

• pot

Cook pasta in boiling water and add a pinch of salt.Once al dente remove from heat and keep pasta stock

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• ½ red onion
• 2½ button mushrooms

• Knife
• cutting board

Finely chop onion and thinly slice mushrooms

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• 100 g Sucuk

• Knife
• cutting board

Slice Sucuk in half and slice to preferred thickness

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• ½ tbsp olive oil

Add 1 tbsp olive oil into cast iron frying pan.Fry Sucuk once oil and pan is hot for 1-2 mins each side.Remove from heat and set aside

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• frying pan
• Metal spatula

Turn stove to high heat.Fry onion until aromatic (use same frying pan as Sucuk excess oil from sausage will seep out and can be used to cook with)

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• ¼ tsp garlic
• ½ tsp dried Italian herb mixture
• ½ tsp Butter

Add mushrooms butter garlic dried herbs to pan and cook until golden.

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• ¾ tsp sugar
• ¾ tbsp Turkish tomato paste
• 1 dashes pepper
• 200 ml canned diced tomatoes

• cast iron pan
• Metal spatula

Pour canned diced tomatoes Turkish tomato paste pasta stock sugar salt and pepper and stir well

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Turn heat down to low heat and simmer for 6-10 minutes

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Add cooked pasta 2 minutes before simmering ends

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Add cook Sucuk 1 minute before simmering ends and remove from heat

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• 1½ pinches grated Parmesan cheese (for garnish)
• 2½ leaves basil

Garnish with Parmesan and basil

Enjoy your meal!