One-Pot Sausage Meatball Pasta | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 1½ tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 500 grams good-quality thin beef or pork sausages, cut into 1.5 cm / ¾ inch pieces (mini meatballs!)
• 1 brown onion (finely chopped)
• 2 cloves of garlic (minced)
• 1 carrot (peeled and finely diced)
• 1 celery stalk (finely diced)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 3 tablespoons tomato paste
• 800 grams can crushed tomatoes
• 500 millilitres low-salt chicken stock
• 375 millilitres water
• ¾ teaspoon cooking salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 300 grams rigatoni pasta (or penne, ziti or macaroni)
• 150 grams colby cheese or any melting cheese (shredded)
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped parsley, to serve (optional)