Comfort
Pasta in Creamy Tomato Sauce
Halfway between a quick tomato pasta and an indulgent bake — a velvety, blush-pink sauce that coats every ridge of Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate. Forty minutes start to finish, and a guaranteed second-helping dinner.
Ingredients
- 400 g Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate
- 800 g chopped tomatoes — two 400g tins
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 30 g butter
- 1 piece small onion — finely chopped
- 3 pieces garlic cloves — finely grated
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 200 ml cooking cream — around 18% fat
- 50 g parmesan — grated, plus extra to serve
- 1 piece small handful basil — leaves torn
- to taste salt and black pepper
Method
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Step 1. Warm the olive oil and butter in a deep pan over medium heat. Add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook 6 minutes until soft and sweet.
6 min
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Step 2. Stir in the garlic, tomato paste and paprika; cook 2 minutes until the paste darkens.
2 min
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Step 3. Pour in both tins of tomatoes. Half-fill one tin with water, swirl, add it too. Season generously and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
15 min
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Step 4. Meanwhile, bring 4 litres of salted water (2 tbsp salt) to the boil. Drop in the penne and cook 9 minutes for al dente.
9 min
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Step 5. Once the sauce has thickened, blitz with a stick blender for 10 seconds to smooth it out — leave it a touch rustic if you prefer.
0 min
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Step 6. Stir the cream and most of the parmesan into the sauce. Heat gently — do not boil — until silky and pink.
1 min
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Step 7. Scoop out a mug of pasta water, drain the penne, and tip into the sauce pan. Toss for 1 minute, loosening with pasta water as needed.
1 min
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Step 8. Serve in warm bowls, finished with basil, the last of the parmesan and a grind of black pepper.
Goes well with
Pomegranate fizz — pomegranate juice, lime and sparkling water over ice.
Toasted ciabatta rubbed with garlic and drizzled with olive oil.
Tiramisu cups, or vanilla panna cotta with berry compote.
Nutrition
Scaled to your servings
- 692kcalCalories35%
- 77.8gCarbohydrate30%
- 21gProtein42%
- 32.8gFat47%
The pasta we used
Cibo di Italia Penne Rigate
500g · Cooks in 9–11 minutes · Serves ~5
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