Toasted pasta with smoky tomato sauce
- Published: 18 Mar 25
- Updated: 26 May 25
Have you ever toasted your pasta? Try it in this simple vegan pasta recipe with smoky tomato sauce. Dried pasta can be toasted before cooking to draw out its nutty taste. Just a few minutes in a pan deepens the flavour, but to take it to the next level you want to roast the pasta in the oven until it turns a deep golden and starts to blister. You then boil it as normal.
The nutty toasted penne is then tossed with a Marmite and paprika-spiked tomato sauce for a serious upgrade on pasta pomodoro.
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Serves 4 -
Prep time 5 min. Cook time 30 min
Nutrition
- Calories
- 406kcals
- Fat
- 11g (1.5g saturated)
- Protein
- 12g
- Carbohydrates
- 63g (12g sugars)
- Fibre
- 4.7g
- Salt
- 0.4g
delicious. tips
Next time Toasting pasta is a simple way to boost your dishes, especially if you’re already turning the oven on to make the sauce. Try it with any roasted vegetable pasta sauce.
Toasting the pasta can alter the time it takes to boil. If you’re using a pasta made using bronze dies, it may take the full cook time or an extra minute. If you’re using a standard machine-cut pasta, it may take 1-2 minutes less as the thinner pasta walls will have started cooking during toasting.