Chorizo pasta

You can have this chorizo pasta on the table in 20 minutes which makes it perfect for when you need to make dinner in a hurry. Chorizo sausage is quite spicy so substitute with bacon or prosciutto depending on your children’s palates.

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp oil

  • 1 onion

    diced

  • 2 large chorizo sausages

    about 360g

  • 1 jar red pesto sauce

  • 1 punnet grape tomatoes

  • 500g spiral or penne pasta

  • 1 large handful basil

  • Parmesan cheese

    to serve

Allergy Advice

Contains Dairy

Contains Gluten

Contains Nuts

Equipment

  • 1 large pot
  • 1 frypan

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of water to the boil, add pasta and cook according to packet directions until al dente.
  2. Heat oil in a frypan, cook onion until soft.
  3. Add sliced chorizo sausage and cook for five minutes, stirring frequently.
  4. Stir in pesto sauce and halved tomatoes, simmer for 10 minutes.
  5. Drain pasta, return to pot, add pasta sauce and stir through.
  6. Serve in bowls sprinkled with torn basil leaves.

Notes

Tip
Recipe created by Melissa Hughes for Kidspot.
Variation
Chorizo sausage is quite spicy, substitute with bacon or prosciutto depending on your children’s palates.

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