one pan pasta - the easiest midweek dinner - Cook with Gem

one pan pasta - the easiest midweek dinner - Cook with Gem

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This one pan pasta recipe is a perfect healthy fast dinner for busy, frazzled families. You can easily make it vegan, vegetarian.

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Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons rapeseed or olive oil
  • 4-6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs or 4-6 sausages , casings removed
  • 1-2 cans chickpeas (garbanzo beans), drained
  • 2 whole stems rosemary
  • 4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
  • quarter teaspoon chilli flakes
  • 800ml (27 fl ounces) passata or the same volume of canned chopped tomatoes
  • 700ml (3 cups) boiling water
  • 350g (12 ounces) wholemeal penne, brown rice or spelt penne
  • 50ml (quarter cup) milk
  • A Parmesan rind if you have one
  • 70g (2.5 ounces) grated Parmesan or mature Cheddar cheese
  • 60g (2 ounces) basil, stems finely chopped, leaves roughly chopped
  • Optional – a couple of handfuls rocket (arugula) or watercress, chopped. Or a coffee cup of frozen peas
  • Red wine vinegar, sea salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, unpeeled but squashed with a knife
  • 2 handfuls stale breadcrumbs, you can use them straight from the freezer
  • 1 stem of rosemary
  • sea salt, freshly ground black pepper, red chilli flakes to taste

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