Sautéed pasta with sausages à la tapenade
Preparation time : 10 min
Cook time : 6 min
Portions : 4
Ingredients
Tapenade:
  • 1 garlic clove, peeled
  • 125ml (1/2 cup) black or green pitted olives
  • 30ml (2 tablespoons) olive oil
  • Salt and ground black pepper to taste

  • 15ml (1 tablespoon) olive oil
  • 4 blanched* Olymel tomato and basil sausages
  • 1 –1.5 litres (4 – 6 cups) long pasta of your choice (spaghetti, fettuccini, linguini, etc.), cooked
  • 2 tomatoes, peeled and diced
  • 15 – 30ml (1 – 2 tablespoons) fresh, chopped basil
 
Preparation
  1. Chop the garlic and the olives in a blender. Add the oil gradually to obtain a smooth consistency. Season to taste.
  2. In a frying pan, heat the oil and brown the sausages. Keep warm.
  3. In the same pan, brown the pasta in the remaining oil. Add the tapenade and stir until the pasta is well covered.
  4. Add the tomatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Divide the pasta between 4 plates, garnish each plate with a sausage and a sprinkle of basil.
* Cook the sausages for 7 – 10 minutes in boiling water to blanch them.