Roasted red pepper and almond pasta recipe - Telegraph.co.uk

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Keeping dozens of long-life jars in the fridge is key to a good solo lunch. Almonds contain vitamin E, which is good for brain function and memory, and add to this meal’s fibre content as well as providing valuable gut-friendly polyphenols.

I cook less than the traditional one-person portion of 100g of dried pasta at lunchtime – I want to be satisfied, but I also want to be awake at 3pm. If you have an extra few minutes, chopped toasted walnuts work in this. Toss one tablespoon in a hot dry pan, toast and stir into the hot pasta. If you don’t have the herbs just leave them out.

Prep time: 5 minutes | Cooking time: 10 minutes 

SERVES

one

INGREDIENTS

• 80g pasta (casarecce is good for this sauce, as is trofie, but any pasta will work)
• 1 roasted sweet red pepper from a jar, in oil, drained
• 1 tbsp ground almonds
• 1 tsp pine nuts
• 1 small garlic clove, peeled and crushed
• 1 sprig of basil or parsley, or both, leaves only
• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• Freshly grated parmesan, or vegan alternative, to serve

Optional extras

• For more umami and omega-3, add an anchovy while blitzing. For a tangier end result, toss in a teaspoon of capers in brine, rinsed, when mixing with the pasta.

METHOD

1. Bring a saucepan of salted water to the boil. Add the pasta and cook for one minute less than the packet instructions suggest.
2. Put the other ingredients except the parmesan and optional extras, into the jug of a hand blender, or a food processor, and blitz until smooth, scraping down the sides once or twice.
3. When the pasta is cooked, drain it but keep half a cup of the pasta cooking water.
4. Return the pasta to the pan and add the blitzed sauce, starting with half and toss everything thoroughly so that it works its way into the crevices of the pasta. Then add the rest and toss again, stirring to warm the sauce. If it looks dry – it shouldn’t – add a tablespoon of pasta water and stir again.
5. Grate over some parmesan and eat with any optional extras you like.

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Roasted red pepper and almond pasta recipe - Telegraph.co.uk

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