I've been making this simple pasta recipe for 30 years!

This was one of the first pasta recipes I learned to cook as a kid , which means I've been cooking and eating it for over 30 years .

There's no fuss , just simple ingredients coming together in 20 minutes to make some comfort food heaven .

Hi , I'm Nicky .

Welcome back to our kitchen , where we show you how to make delicious family friendly recipes in our house .

This recipe is called Cheesy Pasta .

Yay !

Because whenever I tell the kids I'm making cheesy pasta , they say the one with the sausage and bacon .

Yay !

So it guarantees clean plates all around .

It really is simple .

Easy back to school comfort food .

So let's get cooking .

We're gonna start by cooking the sausages .

So I've got four good quality pork sausages here , and I'm gonna place them on a baking tray and place them in a preheated oven at about 200 C or 400 F for 20 to 25 minutes until golden and cooked through .

Once the sausages have been in the oven for about 10 minutes , we're gonna cook the pasta .

I've got about 400 grammes , which is 14 ounces of fly pasta here .

But you can use your favourite pasta shapes , and we're gonna cook that in boiling water as per the pack instructions until Dante .

While the pasta and sausages are cooking , place a large frying pan over a medium heat to heat up .

I've got eight rashes of smoked streaky bacon , and I'm gonna add those to the pan and cook for about 5 to 6 minutes , turning once during cooking until brown and crispy .

Yeah , now remove the bacon from the pan and place it on a chopping board .

Top up that leftover bacon fat in the pan with an extra half a tablespoon of sunflower oil .

Add a finely diced onion to the pan and cook for five minutes , stirring often , until the onion softens .

Is it just me , or is the smell of onions frying in bacon fat ?

Just amazing .

This is gonna be so tasty by now .

The pasta should be ready , so we're gonna drain it in a colander , remembering to save a cup of the pasta water for the sauce for later on .

Add the drain pasta to the frying pan with the onion , and now we're gonna add in 150 grammes , which is about 1.5 packed cups of grated mature or strong Cheddar cheese , plus 180 mil , which is three quarters of a cup of double or heavy cream and half a teaspoon of black pepper to the pan .

Now stir it all together with the pasta until the cheese is melted .

So thank you .

OK , now we need to roughly chop up the sausages and the bacon .

It doesn't need to be cheffy just nice , generous , chunky pieces of both .

Add the chopped sausage and bacon to the pan with the pasta , then stir everything together until it's nicely combined .

If you want to loosen the sauce a little bit , add splashes of the pasta cooking water to the sauce until it's thin to your liking .

Now transfer the pasta to bowls and serve , topped with some fresh parsley and a little bit more black pepper if you like .

This really is such a simple recipe that comes together really quickly .

It's definitely not diet food , but if you wanted to add some veggies to it , it works really well with peas , peppers or courgette .

And if you really like this type of quick and easy comfort food .

Then check out my creamy tomato ravioli where I'll show you how to turn shop bought ravioli into something truly spectacular .

Now let's give this a taste .

Ah , cheesy deliciousness .

It's so good , hm .