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This Creamy Sausage Pasta is a great gluten free, 15 minute meal. This family favourite dish features gluten free sausages and peppers in a creamy garlic, sun-dried tomato and chilli sauce. I absolutely love this Sausage Pasta recipe and I know you will too!
If you want a speedy meal which is ready in less than 15 minutes yet super cheap and tasty, you’ll love this Creamy Sausage Pasta recipe.
Made using gluten free pasta and gluten free sausages this is a great coeliac-friendly, gluten free meal idea.
It’s easy to adapt to be dairy free and it only uses a few basic ingredients you probably already have in your fridge or cupboards.
I love making this Creamy Sausage Pasta on those nights I get home late as it tastes super comforting but I can’t believe how quick and easy it it.
Plus you can easily adapt this recipe to suit whatever type of sausages or veg you have available – it’s become a midweek staple for us.
If you already love my easy Sausage Pasta recipe, creamy Tuscan Chicken, my One Pan Chilli Con Carne Pasta or my Butternut Squash Pasta, this is guaranteed to be a hit.
Ingredients
There’s a printable recipe card for this gluten free creamy sausage pasta below. But for the shopping list you will need…
- Gluten Free Pasta: Any shape or brand of gluten free pasta works in this recipe, it’s completely up to you! I used gluten free penne but you could use fusilli, spaghetti, linguine, shells – the choice is yours.
- Gluten Free Sausages: Most sausages are gluten free but it’s always important to check. I tend to use either a Lincolnshire sausage or just a ‘normal’ sausage variation. If you can find an Italian sausage, even better!
- Yellow Pepper: Feel free to switch for orange, green or red pepper, or swap for your other favourite vegetables like courgette chunks, cherry tomatoes or mushrooms.
- Red Onion: A white onion or shallots would work but red onions are always my fave.
- Sun-dried Tomato Paste: I use this a lot in cooking and I find it with the pesto and pasta sauces in Sainsbury’s. If you can’t find it, a red pesto would also work well.
- Chilli Flakes: Feel free the red pepper flakes if you don’t like the spice.
- Vegetable bouillon: You can use 1/4 of a gluten free vegetable stock cube instead.
- Low fat cream cheese: This is what makes this sauce so creamy. You can use full-fat cream cheese if you prefer or even mascarpone, heavy cream or crème fraîche.
I also like to finish mine with a generous sprinkling of grated parmesan cheese and some cracked black pepper to serve.
How to make creamy sausage pasta
There’s a printable recipe card below with the method. But here are some step-by-step photos to show you how easy this gluten free creamy sausage pasta is to make:
Cook the gluten free pasta as per the pack instructions while you make the sauce.
I always recommend bringing the water to a rolling boil before adding the pasta, and drain it as soon as it’s cooked to avoid a gloopy mess!
Roughly chop the sausages into chunks. Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat then add the sausage chunks. Fry for around 5 minutes until browned on all sides.
Add the peppers, red onion and garlic and continue to fry until the vegetables start to soften. Turn the heat down to low.
Add the garlic, sun-dried tomato paste, chilli flakes, bouillon and cream cheese and stir well.
Once the pasta has cooked, drain it, but reserve 100ml of the pasta cooking water and add this to the sauce. Stir well and bring to a simmer.
Cook for a minute or two so it starts to thicken then add the drained pasta. Mix well and serve straight away – I like to add lashings of cheese on top!
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some FAQs about this easy creamy sausage pasta recipe. If you can’t find the answer to your question here or in the post above, please comment and I’ll try answer!
Not all sausages (in the UK) are gluten free – but luckily the majority are! Most sausages in Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrison’s, M&S and Waitrose are all clearly labelled if they are gluten free.
I tend to find the premium ranges – like Taste the Difference or Finest – are nearly all labelled gluten free now. And there are lots of gluten free brands of sausages too like The Black Farmer, Heck and Jolly Hog.
You may find some cheaper or certain brands sausages (Richmond, I’m looking at you) still contain wheat flour, so always make sure to double check the ingredients and for any ‘may contains’.
To make this creamy sausage pasta dairy free, simply use a vegan cream cheese in place of normal. You may also want some vegan parmesan for the top – but otherwise the recipe is gluten and dairy free. If you want a non-creamy alternative, check out my Easy Sausage Pasta recipe instead!
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Creamy Sausage Pasta
Ingredients
- 300 g gluten free pasta
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 gluten free sausages
- 1 yellow pepper, diced
- 1 red onion, finely chopped
- 2 tsp chopped garlic
- 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp vegetable bouillon
- 125 g low fat cream cheese
Instructions
- Cook the pasta as per the pack instructions while you make the sauce. I always recommend bringing the water to a rolling boil before adding the pasta, and drain it as soon as it's cooked to avoid a gloopy mess!
- Roughly chop the sausages into chunks. Heat the oil in a large pan over a medium heat then add the sausage chunks. Fry for around 5 minutes until browned on all sides.
- Add the peppers, red onion and garlic and continue to fry until the vegetables start to soften. Turn the heat down to low.
- Add the garlic, sun-dried tomato paste, chilli flakes, bouillon and cream cheese and stir well. Once the pasta has cooked, drain it, but reserve 100ml of the pasta cooking water and add to the sauce. Stir well and bring to a simmer.
- Cook for a minute or two so it starts to thicken then add the drained pasta. Mix well and serve straight away – I like to add lashings of cheese on top!
Notes
- Step-by-Step Photos: Check out the blog post above for step-by-step photos to guide you through how this creamy sausage pasta recipe should look at each stage.
- Storing and Freezing: Check out the post above this recipe card for more information on how to store and freeze this creamy sausage pasta.
- Like this Recipe? It would mean SO much to me if you could leave a 5* rating and tell all your gluten free friends about this Creamy Sausage Pasta!
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Another brilliant recipe. Made it tonight – delicious. Thanks Sarah – can’t wait to get my book xxx
Really enjoyed this pasta. Quick, easy and tasty