Roasted red pepper, spinach and goat’s cheese pasta bake
- Portion size: Serves 4-6
- Hands-on time 40 min, oven time 20 min, plus resting
- Difficulty: easy
This vegetarian pasta bake uses grilled red peppers for their naturally intense sweetness. Combined with tangy goat’s cheese, fresh spinach and a kick of chilli, this recipe is sure to be a hit with everyone.
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Ingredients
- Olive oil for frying
- 2 onions, finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 460g jar grilled red peppers, drained and sliced into chunky strips
- 200ml dry white wine
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 680ml tomato passata
- 1½ tbsp caster sugar
- 50g raisins
- A few fresh thyme sprigs, leaves picked
- 200g spinach
- 400g fresh penne pasta
- 60g hard goat’s cheese, grated
You’ll also need…
- 2 litre ovenproof baking dish
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Method
- Heat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas 7. Heat a glug of oil in a large deep sauté or frying pan, add the onions and fry over a medium heat for 5 minutes until starting to soften. Add the garlic and fry for a few more minutes, then add the chilli flakes and pepper strips.
- Turn up the heat and cook for about a minute, then add the wine. Let the wine bubble vigorously for a couple of minutes, then turn the heat down and add the vinegar, passata, sugar, raisins, thyme and spinach. Season well, then bubble for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Taste the sauce and adjust the seasoning if necessary. Stir in the pasta, then pour everything into the baking dish and scatter over the goat’s cheese (see Make Ahead). Bake for 20 minutes until golden and bubbling, leave to stand for 5-10 minutes, then serve.
Nutrition
- 391kcals Calories
- 9g (3.1g saturated) Fat
- 13.1g Protein
- 55.8g (18.7g sugars) Carbs
- 5.1g Fibre
- 1.2g Salt
For 6
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