Pasta recipes

Pasta. Is it an ingredient, or a dish? Who knows. Either way, we love it. It’s the base for many of our speedy midweek meals, and we’ve got a few pasta challenges thrown in for good measure, if you fancy showing off your skills.

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Green cauliflower cheese gnocchi

Gnocchi recipes

Green cauliflower cheese gnocchi

Cauliflower cheese gets a boost of comforting gnocchi and a vibrant green makeover. The perfect midweek meal for chilly nights.

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Pasta pomodoro

Tomato pasta recipes

Pasta pomodoro

Pasta pomodoro is the original – and best – tomato pasta. This recipe is quick and easy but uses a few tricks to really amp up the flavour.

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Classic pasta puttanesca

Italian pasta recipes

Classic pasta puttanesca

One of the most famous classic pasta dishes of all time, pasta puttanesca includes anchovies, garlic, capers, olives and tomatoes.

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Fusilli con ragù d’agnello (fusilli with lamb ragù)

Favourite lamb recipes

Fusilli con ragù d’agnello (fusilli with lamb ragù)

For midweek pasta with a difference, try this fusilli dish from Italy's Molise region. The fusilli is paired with a rich, herby lamb ragù.

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Malloreddus with veal ragù

Homemade pasta recipes

Malloreddus with veal ragù

Learn how to make authentic Sardinian malloreddus, then serve the little dumpling-shaped pasta in a rich veal ragù.

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Pansotti con salsa di noci (stuffed pasta with walnut sauce)

Italian pasta recipes

Pansotti con salsa di noci (stuffed pasta with...

Pansotti, triangular-shaped ravioli, are a speciality of Italy's Liguria region, filled with greens and served with walnut sauce.

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Angela Hartnett’s gnocco fritto (deep-fried pasta)

Celebrity chef recipes

Angela Hartnett’s gnocco fritto (deep-fried pasta)

Gnocco fritto is a popular snack in Emilia-Romagna. Pasta dough is fried until hollow and crisp and eaten with cured meat and soft cheese.

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Lasagne di salsiccia piccante e polenta (spicy sausage and polenta lasagne)

Lasagne recipes

Lasagne di salsiccia piccante e polenta (spicy sausage...

This lasagne hails from Italy's Veneto region. Layers of creamy polenta alternate with a rich sausage sauce, pecorino and mozzarella.

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Bigoli in salsa (caramelised onion and anchovy pasta)

Budget pasta recipes

Bigoli in salsa (caramelised onion and anchovy pasta)

Bigoli in salsa is a classic Venetian dish: thick pasta strands with a rich sauce of caramelised onions and anchovies. Simple yet luxurious.

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Spaghetti all’assassina (‘killer spaghetti’)

Spaghetti recipes

Spaghetti all’assassina (‘killer spaghetti’)

Puglia's spaghetti all’assassina (killer spaghetti) is unforgettable. The spaghetti crisps up and chars in a rich tomato and chilli sauce.

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Pasta alla norcina

Creamy pasta recipes

Pasta alla norcina

This rich pasta dish from Norcia in Umbria is a local speciality. Nuggets of fried sausage and earthy porcini mushroom infuse the cream sauce.

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Spaghetti alla nerano

15-minute meal recipes

Spaghetti alla nerano

This spaghetti has fudgy and sweet fried courgettes which need little more than a little cheese to enrich them. Simplicity at its finest.

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Creamy mushroom egg yolk pasta

30-minute meal recipes

Creamy mushroom egg yolk pasta

Adding an egg yolk to the centre of this rich mushroom pasta makes the most luxurious, silky sauce you could imagine – and stirring it in at the table feels oh-so sophisticated.

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Squash, sausage and goat’s cheese pasta rotolo

Squash recipes

Squash, sausage and goat’s cheese pasta rotolo

Rolled lasagne sheets filled with roasted squash, sausages and sage are baked, standing upright in a pool of passata to create a lovely crispy topping in this pasta dish.

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Orecchiette with burrata, chilli and anchovy

30-minute meal recipes

Orecchiette with burrata, chilli and anchovy

This easy Puglian-inspired pasta combines two of the region’s most famous products – creamy burrata cheese and orecchiette pasta. One to make when you want to impress without spending ages in the kitchen.

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Butter bean cacio e pepe

Recipes with tinned beans

Butter bean cacio e pepe

Cacio e pepe is one of those classic pasta dishes that combines just a couple of ingredients but results in a meal that's so much greater than the sum of its parts. Here, we've added creamy butter beans for extra fibre and goodness.

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Chicken caesar pasta

Chicken pasta recipes

Chicken caesar pasta

Meet your new favourite weeknight pasta dish. A silky caesar dressing-style sauce is tossed with chicken and fusilli with delicious results.

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Umami bomb spaghetti

30-minute meal recipes

Umami bomb spaghetti

Ready in the time it takes to boil the pasta, this speedy umami bomb spaghetti is packed with olives, anchovies, capers, parmesan and parsley for a joyful tapenade-like flavour.

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Sausage ragù with fennel and orange

Sausage pasta recipes

Sausage ragù with fennel and orange

Sausage makes an incredible base for ragù, especially when paired with bright southern Italian flavours like fennel and orange.

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Sardine and courgette pasta salad

Pasta salad recipes

Sardine and courgette pasta salad

Grated raw courgettes and tomatoes bring sweetness, while adding sardines, lemon and mustard offer bags of flavour in this speedy pasta salad that's full of freshness.

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Norma al forno

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. 

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Creamy sweetcorn and Tajín pasta

Weekly pasta recipes

Creamy sweetcorn and Tajín pasta

Tajín is a Mexican seasoning that combines lime and chilli, and when paired with sweetcorn it makes a wonderful sauce for pasta.

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Orzo russian salad with tuna

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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Pink and green prawn and pasta salad

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.