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Iftar Quick Wins

Pasta dishes you can cook between Maghrib and sahour. Each recipe is on the table within 25 minutes from a cold pan — designed for Ramadan evenings when energy is precious.

6 recipes≤ 25 min total

22 min · serves 4

Light Pesto Penne

A lightened-up pesto that swaps half the oil for hot pasta water, so it clings to the ridges without weighing dinner down. Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate is the right shape to catch every fleck of basil and pine nut.

17 min · serves 4

Lemon & Herb Whole Wheat Fusilli

A light, clean-tasting pasta that finishes in 20 minutes. Whole wheat fusilli holds its bite against a lemony herb dressing and salty parmesan. Bright, satisfying, and perfect for the hotter Dubai months.

15 min · serves 4

15-Minute Tomato Penne Rigate

The fastest honest pasta dinner you can put on the table. While the kettle boils, you make the sauce. By the time the penne is al dente, dinner is done. Designed for the Tuesday night where you got home five minutes ago.

25 min · serves 4

Weeknight Conchiglie with Peas & Mint

Cibo di Italia Conchiglie Rigate are little ridged shells designed to catch peas, soft cheese and herbs. This is a 25-minute dinner that feels much more grown-up than the time it takes. Bright, green, comforting.

20 min · serves 4

One-Pan Garlic Fusilli with Greens

A back-pocket recipe for the nights you cannot face a pile of washing up. Everything cooks in one pan — pasta, greens, garlic and a glug of olive oil — and the fusilli twists hold onto the silky starchy sauce that forms as it cooks.