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Roasted garlic tomato penne

  • Hands-on time: 20 mins
  • Time to make: 1 hr
  • Serving: 4 people
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 red capsicums, cut in chunks
  • 2 cups cherry tomatoes
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded, finely chopped
  • 1 red onion, quartered
  • 1 bulb garlic, broken up
  • spray oil
  • 2 teaspoons sugar
  • 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
  • 300g wholemeal penne pasta
  • 250g cooked lean chicken, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
  • ⅓cup fresh basil, plus extra sprigs, to serve
  • 2 cups rocket
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • ⅓ cup grated fresh parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons walnuts or almonds, roughly chopped (optional)
  • sprinkling of chilli flakes (optional)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 190°C. To make chunky tomato sauce, place capsicums, tomatoes, chilli, onion and garlic in a large ovenproof dish. Spray with oil. Cook for 30 minutes, respraying once and turning. Cool for 5 minutes.

    2 In a blender place half of the chargrilled vegetables (except garlic) and process until sauce texture is chunky. Transfer to a bowl and mix with sugar, vinegar and 4 tablespoons water.

    3 Place pasta on to cook in boiling water. Cook until al dente. Drain, leaving some cooking water in pan. Set pan over a low heat.

    4 Add chunky tomato sauce, remaining unprocessed chargrilled vegetables and garlic, squeezed from cloves, to pasta. Toss and heat through. Add chicken, mushrooms, basil, rocket and oil. Stir through.

    5 Remove from heat and serve with a sprig of basil, parmesan, crushed nuts and chilli flakes (if using).

    Variations

    • You can replace the chicken with fish.
    • Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pasta.

    HFG tip

    • The sauce can be made up in advance and then kept in the fridge in a sealed container for a few days.
    • Pasta made from whole grains is higher in fibre than white pasta. We’ve called it wholemeal pasta but your pasta may be called wholewheat pasta.
    • Cook pasta in lightly salted water until al dente – ie. until it is tender but still has some bite!
    • Once cooked, drain pasta, leaving a little of the cooking water still in the pan. This stops the pasta sticking.

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