7g fresh basil, chopped, plus a few extra leaves for garnish
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
140g reduced-fat mozzarella
80g reduced-fat Cheddar
Veg Portions / Serving:
2
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Recipes are from Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy by Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone which is available to buy now
If you love pizza and pasta, why choose just one when you can have both? This pizza pasta is super quick and easy to make; the perfect no-fuss meal to feed the whole family. Combining the classic flavours of a pepperoni pizza stirred through pasta and baked in the oven with a golden bubbly cheese top. A great crowd pleaser!
Method:
Preheat the oven to 200°C (fan l80°C/gas mark 6).
Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions, drain and leave to one side.
While your pasta is cooking, spray a large frying pan with low calorie cooking spray and fry the onion over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until translucent. Add the peppers and garlic and continue to fry until the peppers are soft. Pour in the chopped tomatoes, passata, oregano and Worcestershire sauce and stir until combined.
Dice 30g of the pepperoni and add to the sauce along with the chopped basil. Season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
Tip the cooked pasta into an ovenproof dish, pour over the sauce and stir until the pasta is coated. Sprinkle the pasta with the mozzarella and Cheddar and add the remaining sliced pepperoni to the top of the pasta.
Bake in the oven for 12-15 minutes until the cheese is golden and bubbling and the pasta heated through. Once the pasta is cooked, sprinkle with the fresh basil leaves and serve.
Kids in the kitchen:
Kids can help with lots of the stirring, pouring and mixing here. Help them carefully add ingredients to the pan for the sauce, let them help you pour the sauce over the pasta and stir it all together. They can sprinkle in the pepperoni, basil and cheese.
Kate Allinson & Kay Featherstone
Record-breaking bestselling authors Kate Allinson and Kay Featherstone are the creators of Pinch of Nom, a food blog with the aim of teaching people how to cook. Pinch of Nom is the UK's most visited food blog with an active and engaged online community of over 1.5 million followers. Their first book, Pinch of Nom, was the fastest-selling cookbook of all time. The pair once owned a restaurant together on the Wirral, where Kate was head chef, and today they continue to share healthy, slimming recipes on their huge online platform. Pinch of Nom Quick & Easy is their third cookbook.
