Italian Sausage Tomato Risotto

Halve, peel and finely chop the onion. Peel and grate the garlic (or use a garlic press). Roughly chop the parsley (stalks and all). Remove the skin from the sausage and break the sausage meat into chunks. IMPORTANT: Remember to wash your hands and equipment after handling raw meat.

Heat a splash of olive oil in another large saucepan on medium-low heat. Add the onion and sausage chunks. Cook until the onion is soft and the sausage is no longer pink, 6-7 mins. Add the garlic. Cook for a further minute. Add the arborio rice and fennel seeds (add less fennel if you don't love the aniseedy flavour). Stir together to make sure the rice is coated in oil.

If you have some white wine in your kitchen, add a splash now. tTIP: Let the alcohol in the wine bubble off for a few minutes to mellow the flavour. If you don’t have any wine don't worry, just move right on to step 5. The risotto will still taste delicious!

Add a ladleful of the stock and passata mix to the rice and stir it in gently. Once the liquid is almost fully absorbed, add another ladleful and continue stirring. Keep adding the stock and passata mix, stirring all the time until the rice is cooked, 15-20 mins. tTIP: If you've added all the stock but the rice isn't quite there, just add a splash of water and continue cooking. IMPORTANT: The sausage meat is cooked when it is no longer pink in the middle.