It's pasta season.
With various Australian cities currently in lockdown and grim weather outside, it's the perfect time to put on a pot of hot water and create a delicious Italian dinner (or lunch or breakfast - you do you!)
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We rounded up the top five viral pasta recipes (and a noodle dish that's too good not to include) from the last year so you don't have to scour the internet looking for one.
Happy cooking!
The Baked Feta Pasta.
Ingredients
- 500g of pasta of your choice
- 2 packets of cherry tomatoes
- 1 block of feta cheese
- ½ cup olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- Chilli flakes, to taste
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1 handful of basil leaves
Method
1. Start by preheating your oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
2. Pour the olive oil on top of the tomatoes.
3. Place the block of feta in the middle of the tomatoes. Make sure it’s nestled in there and all the tomatoes are closely packed - this will make sure they get really saucy.
4. Bake in the oven for 35 minutes until the tomatoes are soft and the feta has expanded and melted.
5. Add the finely chopped basil and crushed garlic and get ready for the fun part. It’s time to smoosh it all together! The residual heat ‘cooks the garlic’ so don’t worry about that raw garlic taste.
6. Then add in your cooked and drained pasta on top of the sauce and stir.
7. Enjoy!
Read our article trialling this pasta here.
The Pasta Chips.
Serves: 2
Ingredients
- Any small-sized pasta. Jimmy used cavatappi.
- 1 can cannellini beans
- Salt
- Olive oil
- 3 cloves of garlic
- Chicken or vegetable stock concentrate
- Parmesan cheese
Method
1. Boil a pot of water.
2. Add the pasta to the water once it's boiled for roughly eight minutes.
3. Add salt to the water.
4. Open the can of cannellini beans and drain some of the liquid.
5. Using a handheld blender, blend the beans with the liquid. This can be done inside the tin (if your blender fits).
6. Peel the garlic cloves.
7. Place a pan on the stove at medium-low temperature. Add olive oil. Once it's hot, add the whole garlic cloves.
8. If you want to be fancy, tilt pan to cook the garlic gloves in a pool of olive oil.
9. After 3-4 minutes, when the garlic gloves look golden, take them out of the pan.
10. Add the cannellini beans and one tablespoon of chicken stock concentrate.
11. Mix together.
12. Drain the pasta and add to the sauce.
13. Serve with parmesan cheese on top.
14. Enjoy!
Which one will you be making this weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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