Creamy tagliatelle with sausage, ricotta and basil

Serves 4

Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
400g good quality sausages, skins removed, broken in to chunks
400g can chopped tomatoes
400g tagliatelle
handful basil
125g ricotta

Instructions
1. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, tip in the onion and garlic, and soften for about 10 minutes. Add the sausage meat chunks and brown for 5 minutes. Tip in the chopped tomatoes and simmer for 5 mins or so, until thick and the sausage meat is cooked through. Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions.
2. Season the tomato sauce and toss through the drained tagliatelle. Tear the basil and stir it through as well. Spoon into bowls and dot with ricotta. Grind over some pepper and sprinkle with the basil leaves.

Taken from BBC Good Food Magazine, July 2013