Pasta with asparagus and sausage

To prepare pasta with asparagus and sausage, place a saucepan with abundant water on the stove, bring to the boil and add salt: you'll need it for cooking the pasta in later. Start by cleaning the asparagus. Tip the stalk 1 and use a vegetable peeler to remove the outermost part 2. Now cut into rather thick slices 3 and cut the tips in half.

Now prepare the sausage: use a knife to cut into the casing 4 and delicately remove it by hand 5. Press the sausage down lightly on a cutting board 6, to crumble the inside. Leave to one side for now.

Remove the outermost leaves and tip the leek before finely slicing it 7; place it in a large pan where you will have already heated the oil 8. Leave to brown for 4-5 minutes, add a ladle of hot water and turn up the heat; add the sausage 9, stir continuously with a spatula or wooden spoon, until nice and brown.

Add the white wine, simmer, and when reduced 10, add the asparagus 11. Stir, add salt and pepper to taste, then add a ladle of cooking water 12,

turn the heat down, cover with a lid 13 and cook for another 7-8 minutes. In the meantime you will have brought the water to the boil: cook the pasta 14, drain when firm to the bite and add it to the sauce straight away 15.

Add the grated cheese 16, stir 17 and serve your pasta with asparagus and sausage nice and hot 18!