Roasted pepper pasta

Roasted pepper pasta
Average rating: 3 out of 5 star rating

This colourful pasta dish is quick to prepare and full of fabulous texture and flavour. Tuck in!

  • Serves: 4

  • Cooking time: 30 mins

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

  • Costs: Cheap as chips

Ingredients

Any pasta shape will work well for this dish: if you don't fancy bows, try fusilli or penne instead.

  • 1 green, 1 red, 1 yellow pepper
  • 2 small red onions, cut into wedges
  • 1 crushed garlic clove, crushed
  • 3tbsp olive oil
  • 350g (12oz) pasta bows
  • 3tbsp chopped basil
  • 2tbsp toasted pine nuts
  • Salt and pepper for seasoning

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F, gas mark 6).
  2. De-seed the peppers and cut into wedges.
  3. Toss these with the onion and garlic in olive oil in a shallow roasting tin.
  4. Cook for 20 mins until tender.
  5. Meanwhile cook the pasta bows in lightly salted boiling water. Drain.
  6. Toss veg into hot pasta with the basil. Season and scatter over 2tbsp toasted pine nuts.

Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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