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Pasta with tomato and vegetable sauce topped with rocket

Pasta with tomato & hidden veg sauce

Name: Pasta with tomato & hidden veg sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tsp olive oil; 1 large onion chopped; 2 celery sticks, chopped; 2 carrots chopped; 1 leek chopped; 2 peppers deseeded and chopped; 2 cans chopped tomatoes with garlic; 1 tbsp each caster sugar and balsamic vinegar; 300g dried pasta shapes; parmesan shaved, and rocket, to serve (optional)

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 50 mins

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Get your family to eat more veg with this superhealthy pasta sauce recipe which counts as 5 of your 5-a-day. The sauce is freezable too

Freezable (Freeze sauce only)

Egg-free

Nut-free

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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1 tsp olive oil
1 large onion

chopped
2 celery

sticks, chopped
2 carrots

chopped
1 leek

chopped
2 peppers

deseeded and chopped
2 cans chopped tomatoes

with garlic
1 tbsp each caster sugar

and balsamic vinegar
300g dried pasta

shapes
parmesan

shaved, and rocket, to serve (optional)

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal411
fat3g

low
saturates0.4g
carbs79g
sugars23g
fibre10g

high
protein14g
salt0.09g

low

Method

step 1

Heat the oil in a large non-stick saucepan and gently cook the onion, celery, carrots and leek until soft, about 20 mins. Add the peppers and cook for 10 mins more, then tip in the tomatoes, sugar and vinegar. Simmer for at least 20 mins – the longer the better.
step 2

Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, blitz the sauce with a hand blender until smooth, season and return to the heat to keep warm while the pasta cooks. Drain the pasta and toss through the sauce. Serve in bowls topped with shaved Parmesan and rocket leaves, if you like.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2011

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