Pasta recipes

As far removed from any jarred pesto as you can get, this is the pesto pasta you wish you had...

Classic Greek salad meets crowdpleasing pasta salad in this Mediterranean hybrid. Fresh seasonal veg, sun-dried tomatoes and a big block...

This summer vegetable lasagne from food writer Debora Robertson is packed with courgettes, aubergine and flame-grilled peppers. Serve with a...

Basil and pine nut pesto, originally from Liguria, tends to hog the quick pasta sauce limelight, but Sicily’s trapanese pesto...

Aubergines collapse into a juicy pile of smoky flavour when cooked directly on a heat source, making a rich sauce...

Lara Lee’s cheesy kimchi linguine with gochujang butter is a pasta dish that flies the flag for sweet-spicy-salty-umami-fermented flavour. Plus,...

Whizzed cashews provide the perfect base for creamy vegan sauces, as this super-quick pasta recipe demonstrates. Lightened with lemon and...

This dish is inspired by Italy’s pasta alla norcina – a cream and sausage-based sauce. We’ve subbed in chicken sausages...

Aglio e olio is simple Italian cooking at its finest. Originally from Naples, this pasta dish shows how just a...

It certainly won’t please any Italians, but making carbonara with orzo instead of the more usual spaghetti or rigatoni creates...

Pot-roasting chicken makes sure it’s tender, juicy and – in this dish – allows plenty of those flavourful juices to...

This lamb ragù develops its rich flavours during a long, slow simmer. Patience will be seriously rewarded, however, as the...

Cacio e pepe is one of those dishes that rely on the method as much as the ingredients. This one,...

Aubergine is the star in this celebration of late summer. Sicily’s iconic pasta dish is deliciously simple and requires only...

Throw everything in the pot and get creamy chicken pasta from pantry to table in under half an hour –...

“This is a pasta bake to top all pasta bakes. The combination of long, substantial tubes of pasta and a...

Sheets of pasta don’t just have to become lasagne! In Liguria, they’re traditionally served tossed in pesto, but they’re great...

A deep green purée, rich with slow-cooked garlic, really delivers in this simple cavolo nero linguine dish. What takes it...

This easy leek gnocchi with mushrooms, roasted walnuts and a seriously cheesy cream sauce is comfort food in a bowl....

Spaghetti and meatballs gets a makeover. We’ve taken the combo, swapped spaghetti for a more meatball-friendly pasta shape and given...

‘Pasta bake’ never elicits the most excited of reactions, does it? This dish, however, shows just how incredible a PB...

In this slow-cooked lamb ragù, onions are the true heroes, turning soft, sticky and buttery as they simmer away. The...

Welcome in the autumn months with this warming, creamy bowlful of mushrooms and herbs folded through silky threads of linguine....

Use both florets and stalks to make a rich broccoli pesto bolstered by super-savoury anchovies and basil. This speedy gnocchi...