Sausage and macaroni casserole | Reader's Digest Australia

Ingredients

• 400 g good–quality pork sausages
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 bulb of fennel, quartered lengthwise and sliced across
• 1 eggplant, cubed
• 350 g small button mushrooms
• ⅓ cup (90 g) tomato paste
• 300 ml red wine
• 600 ml chicken stock, preferably homemade
• 1⅔ cups (255 g) macaroni
• 250 g silverbeet, finely shredded
• 1 cup (80 g) fresh breadcrumbs
• ¼ cup (15 g) chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon freshly grated parmesan
• salt
• pepper