04/12/2025
Here's a tried, tested and approved pasta dish for you...just wait until you give it a go. The flavours all mixed bring major yumminess vibes!!
Chorizo Pasta🍝😍
Recipe makes for 2 (so make as a perfect dinner for you and your partner OR 2 delicious days worth of meals for one)
You'll need:
🍝150g (dry weight) rigatoni
🫑1 red pepper, cut and sliced
🧅3 shallots, finely diced
🍅25 cherry tomatoes, halved
🍕70g chorizo
🥄1 tbsp paprika
🍅tbsp tomato puree
🥄1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
🍯1 tsp honey
🔪Chopped parsley
🧂Salt and pepper to season
Method:
1️⃣Char the red pepper by cooking in a non-stick frying pan, skin down, over a high heat for approx. 10-15 mins.
2️⃣ In the meantime, boil some water in a pan and place the pasta in to cook as per packet instructions.
3️⃣In the frying pan, with the red pepper set aside, cook the chorizo until the juices run (best with a medium heat). Remove from the pan once done.
4️⃣ Next into the frying pan goes the shallots. Cook in the oil from the Chorizo for a few minutes until soft.
5️⃣Add the cherry tomatoes in with the balsamic vinegar and honey. Cook until the juices run and squash the tomatoes with the back of the spoon.
6️⃣ Stir in the tomato puree, paprika, salt and pepper to taste and a ladle of pasta water.
7️⃣Simmer then stir in the cooked rigatoni for a few minutes.
8️⃣ Top with parsley...serve and enjoy!
TOP TIP: Brad approved this dish with a sprinkling of parmesan on top🧀😋
Nutritious, balanced, colourful and tasty. Save this recipe and give it a go...you won't regret it!