Penne arrabiata

Recipes / Vegetarian

You can make this classic Italian dish really spicy, or deseed the chillies to make it less confronting. Whatever you decide, its a winning winter warmer!

Recipe «Penne arrabiata» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, 1 brown onion, finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 2 small red chillies, chopped, 800g can diced tomatoes , 1/2 cup Massel vegetable liquid stock, 1/2 cup small basil leaves, 400g dried penne pasta , 2 tsp caster sugar.

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil 
  • 1 brown onion, finely chopped 
  • 1 garlic clove, crushed 
  • 2 small red chillies, chopped 
  • 800g can diced tomatoes 
  • 1/2 cup Massel vegetable liquid stock 
  • 1/2 cup small basil leaves 
  • 400g dried penne pasta 
  • 2 tsp caster sugar 

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic and chillies. Cook, stirring often, for 6 to 7 minutes or until onion is soft. Add tomatoes, stock and 1/4 cup basil leaves. Bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, cook pasta in a large saucepan of boiling, salted water following packet directions, until tender. Drain pasta and return to pan.
  3. Stir sugar into tomato sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over pasta. Toss to combine. Cover and set aside for 5 minutes (this allows pasta to absorb sauce).
  4. Sprinkle with remaining basil. Spoon into serving bowls and serve.