Saturday, July 29, 2017

Recipe - Tomato and Chorizo Pasta Bake



Ingredients
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 white onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced
  • 1 chilli, finely sliced
  • 700g passata
  • 1 large handful fresh basil leaves
  • 1 tablespoon raw sugar
  • 300g dried short pasta of your choice (I use macaroni or similar)
  • 4 big handfuls Parmesan cheese
  • 2 chorizo

Method

Go for it and multi-task of you're confident otherwise do in three parts

First cook the chorizo
  • Preheat your oven to 200°C
  • Cook the chorizo whole then when they have about 5 minutes to go take them out, slice them then return to the oven so they are browned on all sides

Second cook the sauce
  • In an appropriately sized pan heat olive oil then add your onion, garlic and chilli and slowly fry for about 10 minutes on a medium to low heat until softened but without any colour.
  • Add passata and sugar and bring to the boil and simmer for around 20 minutes.
  • Tear your basil leaves into the sauce and correct the seasoning with salt, pepper and sugar

Cook the pasta
  • Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions

Put it all together
  • Toss the pasta with half of the tomato sauce and a handful of Parmesan through the drained pasta
  • Get yourself an appropriately sized baking dish and rub it with a little olive oil.
  • Layer a little pasta in the pan, followed by some tomato sauce, a handful of grated Parmesan and scatter chorizos then repeat these layers until you’ve used all the ingredients, ending with a good layer of cheese on top.
  • Pop it into the preheated oven for 15 minutes or until golden, crisp and bubbling. 


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