Both Steve and I are huge fans Italian food especially pasta. After a cooking class on our second trip to Italy a couple of years ago we even came home and bought a pasta machine so we could make our own fresh yummy pasta. Truth be told that is still yet to happen, but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying big bowls of the ready made stuff. This recipe came about one Summer night when we felt like salad and pasta so I came up with this version of a summery pasta – its perfect served straight away or even cold the next day (I always tend to make more than required and its the perfect lunch!)
Roast Cherry Tomato & Spicy Chorizo Pasta – Recipe
400g dried pasta (whichever you prefer, me I like the small shells)
1 punnet cherry tomatoes
Olive oil – to drizzle
Balsamic Vinegar – to serve
1 clove garlic
salt and pepper – to taste
handful of fresh basil leaves
2 spicy chorizo sausages – sliced
50g black olives – halved
Parmesan – to serve
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius.
Bring a large pot of water to the boil, season with a good pinch of salt. Add pasta, cover and bring back to the boil. Remove lid and cook pasta until al dente
While pasta is cooking, cut cherry tomatoes in half. Place on a roasting tray with a good drizzle of olive oil, finely chopped clove of garlic, salt, pepper and chopped basil. Gently toss to coat. Roast in oven for 15 minutes or until tomatoes are softened and slightly caramelised
Drain pasta well. Add tomatoes, sliced chorizo and halved olives. Toss well to combine. Add a dash or balsamic, and a little more olive oil and salt and pepper if required. Serve and top with parmesan
Enjoy!
Do you LOVE pasta? What is your all time favourite pasta dish?
Lydia x
Yum! What a delicious recipe. I love Italian food myself. My favorites are Lasagna, Seafood Pasta with Alfredo Sauce and Chicken Marsala ♡
Ooooo… they all sounds lovely! Love, love, love pasta!!!!
Thanks for stopping by xx
Also a big italian food fan – this looks really yummy! 🙂
Thanks xx
We love pasta in our house too, I’m very jealous of your multiple trips to Italy! This looks lovely and I think even my boys would enjoy it too. Thanks for linking up with us for Fabulous Foodie Fridays, I hope you have a great weekend.
Thanks for hosting such a fun link up, always love finding new recipes to try xx
We are pasta lovers too and this looks delicious. Pull out your pasta machine though, it is far easier than you think.
heheh… I know 🙂 Its on my to do list xx
I love pasta and chorizo so this dish sounds perfect to me! I’d love to do a cooking class in Italy one day, my hubby and I did one in Vietnam and it was a lot of fun.It would great to learn to make my own pasta (even if like you I’d probably still buy the ready made stuff 😉
It was so much fun and such a great experience. It was hosted in her home so you got a true feel for what home cooking is like.
I really must get my pasta maker out xx
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