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Balsamic tomato & pea pasta
Treat yourself to this beautiful bowlful of summer! Onions, tomatoes and garden peas join penne pasta in a lip-smacking sauce, rich with basil, balsamic vinegar and sun-dried tomato paste, finished with yogurt, pea shoots and more basil. Bellissimo!
SWK: Source of fibre
Plants 4
SWK: Source of protein
Serving size
Ingredients
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 onion
- 1 handful of fresh basil
- 200g pasta (Wheat) (Durum Wheat Semolina (Wheat Gluten))
- 1 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Water, Sun Dried Tomato (Sun dried tomatoes, Salt), Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar 12%, Salt, Ground Oregano, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Wine vinegar (Sulphites), cooked grape must (27%))
- 1 vegetable stock cube (use half) (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 150g peas (Green Peas 100%)
- 120g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 25g pea shoots
- 190g Tomatoes Baby Seasonal Mix
Nutritional Information
Calories: 517
Protein: 25g
Carbs: 94g
Fat: 3.5g
Ingredients
- 2 onion
- 4 garlic clove
- 2 x of fresh basil
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar (Sulphites) (Wine vinegar (Sulphites), cooked grape must (27%))
- 1 vegetable stock cube (Celery) (Sea salt, potato starch*, sustainable palm oil*, sugar*, vegetables*(6,8%) [celery*, onion*, carrot*, parsnip*, tomato*], sunflower oil*, yeast extract, caramelised sugar*, herbs* & spices* ( lovage*, turmeric*, parsley*, black pepper*) *Organic ingredients)
- 300g peas (Green Peas 100%)
- 240g fat-free Greek-style yogurt (Milk) (Skimmed Milk Concentrate, Skimmed Milk, Bacterial Starter Culture)
- 25g pea shoots
- 400g pasta (Wheat) (Durum Wheat Semolina (Wheat Gluten))
- 2 tbsp sun-dried tomato paste (Water, Sun Dried Tomato (Sun dried tomatoes, Salt), Tomato Paste, White Wine Vinegar 12%, Salt, Ground Oregano, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid)
- 380g Tomatoes Baby Seasonal Mix
Nutritional Information
Calories: 515
Protein: 24g
Carbs: 94g
Fat: 3.5g
Balsamic tomato & pea pasta
Treat yourself to this beautiful bowlful of summer! Onions, tomatoes and garden peas join penne pasta in a lip-smacking sauce, rich with basil, balsamic vinegar and sun-dried tomato paste, finished with yogurt, pea shoots and more basil. Bellissimo!
Cook time:
25 mins
Cuisine:
Italian
Food group:
Dairy
Allergens: Celery, Milk, Sulphites, Wheat
Cooking Instructions
Ace the base
- Peel and thinly slice the onions, then peel and crush the garlic.
- Spritz a large non-stick frying pan with cooking spray and put it over a medium heat. Fry the onions and garlic for 5-7 mins.
Chop, chop!
- Meanwhile, halve the tomatoes, then finely chop half the basil leaves.
Boil the pasta
- Cook the pasta in boiling water for 8-9 mins, then drain.
Simmer your sauce
- While the pasta boils, stir the sun-dried tomato paste and vinegar into the frying pan and cook for 1 min.
- Crumble in half the stock cube and pour in 200ml water (use all the stock and 300ml water for 4 portions). Add the chopped basil, stir well and simmer for 5-7 mins (6-8 mins for 4 portions) until the sauce has reduced slightly.
Finish & serve
- Add the tomatoes and peas to the sauce, lightly season and cook for 2 mins. Remove from the heat, leave to cool slightly and stir in the pasta and yogurt.
- To serve, top the pasta with the pea shoots and scatter over the remaining basil leaves.