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Step 1) Roast your favorite sausages in the oven on a high heat for 20 minutes. I used beef sausages infused with herb and garlic and barbecue sausage.  

Step 2) Then turn off the heat altogether, allow the sausages to remain in the oven as you continue with the rest of the recipe.  

Step 3) Boil a kettle of water. Then bring the pasta to a boil in a large saucepan. This is the time to add salt, pepper corns, herbs & lemon juice. Fresh is always best, but don’t feel bad if you use the bottled stuff. Each to their own. No judgement here.  

Step 4) When the pasta has been cooked for about 5 minutes, turn off the hob, and cover with a lid, allowing to complete the cooking process gently for an additional 5 minutes. This helps to prevent overcooking and mushy pasta. This is never a good thing LOL.  

Step 5) Meanwhile, remove the sausages from the oven and chop into cute indigent stumps. Throw back into the oven dish and replace them in the heat from which they were removed.  

Step 6) Now is the perfect time to heat up a frying pan, sprinkle in a good strong bodied flavorful olive oil and throw in a bunch of chunky chopped mushrooms and rose onions. (Red and White will do just as well). Decorate with a good lashing of pepper corns. (And salt if you desire.) As they cook, no need to pamper them with your precious time. Grate you’re favorite cheese or if its the weekend or a special occasion, or you just feel like giving yourself some much needed love and affection, you can combine cheeses. To self love is not a sin. The sin comes when you do not self love and appreciate. 

Step 7) Strain the pasta. Toss back into its original pot. Sprinkle about a tablespoon of olive oil over the pasta, another coating of rosemary and thyme. If you enjoy a true Mediterranean  flavor, now would be the time to add another splash of lemon juice. Otherwise leave it here. Gently but thoroughly dance the pasta about in its bath. Add the generous nest of cheese to it and give only one decent stir. Allow a few moments to melt, and stick indiscriminately to the little Italian Soldiers. 

Step 8) While the cheese is melting take a handful of black olives and chop into half. 

Step 9) All your work has come to an end, its the moment to dish out and allow your taste buds to flow with anticipation. Spoon out a generous helping of pasta, and upon the pasta nest, spoon over the wilted onions and mushrooms. Next, your favorite sausages. Olives. Another delectable lashing of cheese. Veil this mounted beauty with a pinch of black pepper, salt, and/or rosemary.