Silvana's Mediterranean & basil pasta

Silvana's Mediterranean & basil pasta

Silvana Franco's fast, easy and healthy vegetarian pasta is perfect for a midweek meal

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Method

  1. To roast the veg, preheat the oven to 200C/gas 6/fan 180C. Scatter the peppers, red onions, chillies and garlic in a large roasting tin. Sprinkle with sugar, drizzle over the oil and season well with salt and pepper. Roast for 15 minutes, toss in the tomatoes and roast for another 15 minutes until everything is starting to soften and look golden.
  2. While the vegetables are roasting, cook the pasta in a large pan of salted boiling water according to packet instructions, until tender but still with a bit of bite. Drain well.
  3. Remove the vegetables from the oven, tip in the pasta and toss lightly together. Tear the basil leaves on top and sprinkle with Parmesan to serve. If you have any leftovers it makes a great cold pasta salad - just moisten with extra olive oil if needed.

PER SERVING

452 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 86g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 7g, sugar 1g, salt 0.1 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2002.

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  • 27 April 2012

    Tom And Claire commented on this recipe

    Used all the ingredients also added thinly sliced carrots - roasted them in a metal tray on the BBQ - it was a delicious pasta dish.

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  • 27 April 2012

    Tom And Claire rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Added thinly sliced strips of carrot and roasted the veg on the BBQ. We really liked it and will use the recipe regularly.

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  • 02 May 2012

    CocoVanilla rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    A little bland in taste, but I did follow the suggestion of replacing some sugar with balsamic vinegar and I think it helped a bit. Served it as a side dish to grilled meat and it worked very well.

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  • 24 May 2012

    GezEvans rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic recipe hot or cold. First time I made it I put a couple of chicken breasts in the oven to roast for the second 15 minutes, splashed them with some fresh lemon juice, then chopped them up into the pasta at the end. Am making it again tonight and adding some butternut squash and a bit more chilli. It will be coming with me to work tomorrow too!

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  • 01 September 2012

    parmenter house commented on this recipe

    ive made this dish lots of times ,but always used it cold. Everyone all ways ask me for the recipe. family take to work any that is left over.

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  • 11 October 2012

    Debra commented on this recipe

    This is one of my absolute favourites, so easy to make, one dish and the tastes are so fresh, really tasty.

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  • 04 December 2012

    Lumene rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was very tasty and easy to make. I added some sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese and olives and it was an instant hit among my friends. There was so much to eat that I could even bring some of the food to work the next day.

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  • 08 May 2013

    Susan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    A delicious meal, simple to make. I didn't have any fresh chillies or garlic, so I put a teaspoon of dried chillies and some garlic paste and mixed with the oil before coating all the veg. I will definitely make this again.

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  • 17 May 2013

    fatty rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I thought this might be a tad plain given the minimal ingredients, but it was really delicious and so easy. I added a lot more than 2tbsp of cheese though.....you can never have too much cheese.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 5 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian, Low-fat

Three simple steps and it’s done!

Ingredients

  • 2 red peppers , seeded and cut into chunks
  • 2 red onions , cut into wedges
  • 2 mild red chillies , seeded and diced
  • 3 garlic cloves , coarsley chopped
  • 1 tsp golden caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp olive oil , plus extra to serve
  • 1kg small ripe tomatoes , quartered
  • 350g dried pasta
  • a handful of fresh basil leaves and 2 tbsp grated Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), to serve
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PER SERVING

452 kcalories, protein 14g, carbohydrate 86g, fat 8 g, saturated fat 1g, fibre 7g, sugar 1g, salt 0.1 g

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