A clever shortcut using everyday supermarket sausages is helping home cooks cut their dinner prep in half, all while serving up rich, restaurant-worthy flavour. Instead of reaching for regular mince and assembling a long list of herbs and spices, savvy food editors are now turning to pre-seasoned sausages to fast-track flavour.
In a popular 20-minute creamy Italian sausage pasta recipe, Italian-style pork sausages are the secret weapon, and it all comes down to a simple hack.
According to Taste.au, by squeezing the meat out of the sausage skins and into rustic chunks, the sausages become ready-to-fry flavour bombs. The pieces brown quickly in a hot pan, creating golden edges and a deep savoury base that carries the dish.
There’s no need to chop garlic, measure out fennel or dig through your spice rack, the seasoning is already packed into the sausages, making it a shortcut that saves time, money, and mess.
Once browned, the sausage is folded into a creamy sauce with a hint of garlic and chilli, then tossed with baby spinach for a touch of green.
Everything is stirred through fettuccine for a quick and satisfying dinner that tastes like it took much longer than 20 minutes to make.
One of the recipe’s creators described it as the perfect weeknight win: big on comfort, low on effort. “It’s a great reminder that dinner doesn’t have to be complicated to be satisfying,” she said.
“With a few smart swaps and some stovetop magic, you’ve got a meal that feels special, without the stress.”
With the help of this simple sausage trick, dinner can be both fast and full of flavour, no capes or culinary heroics required.