Chorizo and Tomato Pasta

Our family love pasta dishes and I have quite a few quick dishes on regular rotation and this is one of them.

This dish is one that has been adapted from one that I originally found in a magazine several years ago. This is what I do, I can’t help myself but change a few things here and there, sometimes it’s because I don’t have an ingredient or sometimes we just don’t like a certain ingredient so I adapt it to what I have or like, and I hope that you too have the confidence to do the same, thus making a dish your own.

I love that you can have a meal on the table in 30 minutes with a few ingredients from the pantry and the fridge, I also usually have garlic bread made up in the freezer that only needs 15 minutes in the oven that pairs well with pasta and a fresh salad rounds it off nicely.

Chorizo and Tomato Pasta

Pasta with a creamy tomato and chorizo sauce

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Italian

Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 500 gm Pasta – Penne
• 150 gm Chorizo chopped
• 3 Bacon rashers chopped
• 2 Spring Onions chopped
• 1 Tbsp Olive oil
• 1 tsp Garlic crushed or 1 clove
• 200 gm Punnet Cherry tomatoes
• 2 Tbsp Tomato paste
• 2 Tbsp Smoked paprika
• 600 ml Cream
• 1/2 cup Finely chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp dried
• 1/2 cup Parsley chopped
• Pinch Black pepper
• Pinch Sea salt

Method

 

1. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan of salted water as per packet instructions
2. Meanwhile heat a large frying pan over medium heat
3. Add the oil, chorizo, bacon, spring onion and garlic, cook stirring for 5 mins or until browned
   
4. Add the tomatoes, tomato paste and paprika, stir to combine and cook until tomatoes have softened
   
5. Add the cream, bring to the boil, reduce heat and simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly
   
6. Drain the pasta, add to the sauce with basil, parsley, salt and pepper, stir to combine
   
7. Serve with grated parmesan
   

Notes

A chilli chopped and added with the garlic gives the dish an extra kick