Summer pasta recipes
Pasta may make fantastic comfort food but it’s also a wonderful base for creating light and fresh dishes. Take your pick from dozens of delicious summer pasta recipes. There’s plenty of pasta salads, seasonal veg, quick fixes and Italian classics to choose from.
Don’t want to linger over the stove this summer. Try quick midweek pasta dishes like crab and courgette tagliatelle.
Italian summer stalwarts include pasta alla norma, our best-ever pesto pasta and spaghetti vongole.
Too hot to cook? Try a pink and green prawn and pasta salad. Meanwhile, rainy days and lazy Sundays call for a summer vegetable lasagne.
Whatever the weather, whatever your mood…there’s a pasta dish to fit the bill this summer.
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Weekly pasta recipes
Norma al forno
Served warm, adorned with a crispy cheese crown, this aubergine pasta bake proves that even in hot weather, comfort food still rules supreme.Â
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Easy orzo recipes
Orzo russian salad with tuna
This russian salad uses orzo for a delicious pasta side. It also has a warm Spanish flavour with tuna, eggs, olives and roasted red peppers.
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Pasta salad recipes
Pink and green prawn and pasta salad
Debora Robertson's verdant pasta salad is crammed with juicy pink prawns. Perfect for a laid-back summer dinner in the garden.
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Weekly pasta recipes
Mixed seafood conchiglioni
This pasta brings all the flavours of moules marinières, with none of the fuss. Give it a go tonight for a 20-minute winner.
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Courgette recipes
Summer courgettes with malloreddus, parmesan and oregano
This courgette recipe combines the seasonal veg with Sardinian malloreddus pasta, parmesan and oregano for a filling summer dinner.
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Sausage pasta recipes
Angela Hartnett’s rigatoni with fennel and sausage
A simple, rustic, deeply flavourful pasta dish from the iconic Angela Hartnett, with fennel and sausage in a tomato sauce.
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Butter bean recipes
Runner bean pasta salad
A perfect summer barbecue side, this zingy runner bean pasta salad boasts double pulses: verdant runner beans and creamy butter beans.
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Crab recipes
Crab and courgette pasta
Crab pasta is an elegant but easy summer dinner for two. Grating courgettes retains their fresh flavour while melting into the sauce.
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30-minute meal recipes
Best pesto pasta
Make the best ever pesto pasta with our easy recipe. Trofie pasta is tossed together with homemade pesto, potatoes and green beans.
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July seasonal recipes
Mediterranean feta pasta salad
This crowdpleasing feta pasta salad is a Mediterranean hybrid. Fresh seasonal veg, sun-dried tomatoes and a big block of salty feta are ideal when you don’t feel like eating something hot.
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Lasagne recipes
Summer vegetable lasagne
This summer vegetable lasagne is packed with courgettes, aubergine and flame-grilled peppers. Serve with a crisp green salad.
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Summer pasta recipes
Trapanese pesto pasta with salmon
Scily’s trapanese pesto is made with tomatoes, toasted almonds and mint alongside the basil and cheese. The perfect partner for salmon pasta.
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Aubergine recipes
Smoky aubergine and tahini pasta with feta
Aubergines collapse into a juice pile of smoky, rich flavour when cooked directly on a heat source, making an incredibly rich pasta sauce.
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30-minute meal recipes
Harissa salmon with orzo courgette salad
Orzo pasta salads rule, and this one can be served hot or cold. The key to this delicious orzo salmon salad is the lightly pickled courgettes
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Aubergine recipes
Pasta alla Norma
Aubergine is the star of Sicily’s iconic pasta dish. It's deliciously simple and requires only a handful of ingredients, but is one of our all-time favourite pasta sauces.
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Filled pasta recipes
Crab and ricotta ravioli with sage and saffron butter sauce
Have a go at making fresh crab ravioli with our project recipe. Serve these elegant crab and ricotta ravioli with sage butter and saffron.
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