This recipe is ridiculously easy but doesn't 'alf pack a punch on the taste front. This should take you no more than 10 minutes and only uses one pan! What's not to love?!
Ingredients
500g linguine
6 tbsp red chilli pesto (9 syns)
90g ricotta (1x HeA)
handful of fresh basil leaves
30g parmesan (1x HeA)
Instructions
cook the pasta according to the instructions but stop just short of fully done - you want it to have a bit of bite to it
reserve half a mug of the pasta water
drain the pasta and return to the pan
lob in the pesto, ricotta, basil and parmesan and stir - dribble in a bit of the pasta water to loosen it if needed
serve!
Notes
we used linguine (it's like a flat spaghetti) but honestly, any pasta will do
if you can't find red chilli pesto just use normal red pesto and add half a teaspoon of chilli flakes
you could use quark or Philadelphia instead of the ricotta if you like - but where's the fun in that?