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FoodCoop Recipes

Easy Pasta Bake

Add extra colourful veg to jazz up a jar of pasta sauce and create this tasty dish.

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Cook

40 minutes

Serves

2

Ingredients

  • 175g Co-op pasta

  • 1 tsp Co-op olive oil

  • 1/2 red pepper, deseeded and chopped

  • 1 clove garlic, sliced

  • 100g frozen peas

  • 1/2 x 300g jar Co-op arrabbiata pasta sauce

  • Small handful fresh parsley, chopped (optional)

  • 1/2 x 125g ball Co-op lighter mozzarella, sliced

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/Gas 5

  2. Cook the pasta according to the pack instructions

  3. Drain well, retaining 2 tbsp cooking water

  4. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large pan and fry the chopped red pepper for 5 mins

  5. Add the sliced garlic and frozen peas and cook for 2 mins, then stir in the pasta sauce

  6. Add the pasta and cooking water, then stir in a small handful fresh parsley, chopped, if you like

  7. Spoon into an ovenproof dish and top with sliced mozzarella

  8. Bake for 25 mins