Creamy Pepper Pasta with Olive & Walnut Pangrattato

This delicious silky, smoky pasta dish is finished with a salty, nutty crunch on top. Basically everything you want in a bowl of pasta and it just so happens to be plant-based too! 

Serves 4

Prep time 10 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Difficulty Easy

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Ingredients

500g of pasta - we used Mafaldine

For the sauce: 1 jar Fragata Piquillo Peppers, drained and rinsed

300g silken tofu

4 garlic cloves, roasted or sauteed

1 tsp paprika

Juice and zest of 1 lemon

3-4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt and black pepper

For the Pangrattato: Olive oil

1-2 slices bread, finely chopped into breadcrumbs or blended in food processor

2 small handfuls of chopped walnuts

10-12 Fragata black olives, finely chopped

6 Fragata green olives, chopped

Method

1.

Cook the pasta until al dente and reserve some of the pasta water to add to the creamy pepper sauce.

2.

To make the sauce, add all of the ingredients into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth.

3.

To make the Pangrattato: Toast the breadcrumbs in a pan with olive oil until golden and crisp.

4.

Add the chopped walnuts, olives and chilli flakes.

5.

To serve: Warm the sauce through in a large pan with a splash of the reserved pasta water. nd add the cook pasta, toss well

6.

Add the cook pasta, toss well until glossy and coating every ribbon.

7.

Top with the crispy Pangrattato, drizzle with chilli oil and a little parsley.

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