Name: Ten-minute pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 350g pasta; 1 carrot roughly chopped; ½ small onion roughly chopped; ½ stick celery roughly chopped; 6-8 ripe plum tomato roughly chopped; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp red pesto; 2 tbsp raspberry vinegar; grated parmesan and basil leaves, to serve

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Ten-minute pasta

Ten-minute pasta

Tony Tobin

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 10 mins

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This meal is quicker to get on the table than oven chips and it's full of fresh vegetables - making it perfect for kids

Freezable (only sauce)

Healthy

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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350g pasta
1 carrot

roughly chopped
½ small onion

roughly chopped
½ stick celery

roughly chopped
6-8 ripe plum tomato

roughly chopped
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp red pesto
2 tbsp raspberry vinegar
grated parmesan

and basil leaves, to serve

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal344
fat3g
saturates1g
carbs73g
sugars0g
fibre5g
protein12g
salt0.1g

low

Method

step 1

Cook the pasta according to the pack instructions. Meanwhile, add everything else apart from the parmesan and basil to a food processor and whizz together until you get a smooth paste.
step 2

Tip into a saucepan and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer and leave to cook for 5 mins.
step 3

Drain the pasta, toss together with the tomato sauce, then serve with the parmesan and basil leaves.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2005

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