Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast
By Jamie Oliver
Whole roasted ricotta pasta
Sweet peppers, tomatoes, chilli & capers
1 hr 15 mins
Not Too Tricky
serves 6
About the recipe
Brilliantly simple, this big-flavour pasta dish can be prepped in minutes, with incredible flavour and texture built up from its time in the oven. Kissed with herbs, oil and vinegar, this baked ricotta is a thing of real beauty.
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Ingredients
1 bunch of fresh oregano (30g)
3 cloves of garlic
olive oil
red wine vinegar
400g mixed-colour cherry tomatoes
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 onion
2 fresh red chillies
1 tablespoon baby capers
250g quality ricotta cheese
450g rigatoni pasta
30g Parmesan cheese
Top Tip
EASY SWAPS
Switch the ricotta for a block of feta.
I’ve used mixed-colour tomatoes and peppers here, but feel free to use whatever you have.
GO VEGAN
You could swap the ricotta for celeriac slices or a head of cauliflower, quartered.
VEG BOOST
Add sliced courgettes or aubergines.
ON THE SIDE
Serve with a crisp green salad.
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4. Pick most of the oregano leaves, then pound to a paste in a pestle and mortar with a pinch of sea salt. Peel and bash in the garlic, muddle in 3 tablespoons of oil and 1 tablespoon of vinegar, then season with black pepper.
- Halve the cherry tomatoes, deseed and roughly chop the peppers, peel and roughly chop the onion, slice the chillies in half lengthways, and add it all to a large roasting tray along with the capers. Pour over most of the flavoured oil and toss together.
- Make a little well in the centre of the tray, pop in the ricotta and rub all over with the remaining flavoured oil. Add a splash of water to the tray, place in the oven and roast for 50 minutes, or until the veggies are soft and just starting to caramalise.
- With 10 minutes to go, cook the pasta in a pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain, reserving a mug of the starchy pasta water, and steam dry.
- Carefully lift the ricotta onto a board. Tip the drained pasta and a little of the pasta water into the tray and gently shake to loosen all the sticky goodness from the bottom. Toss together, then tip into a serving dish and break the beautiful ricotta over the top. Pick over the remaining oregano leaves and grate over the Parmesan, then serve.
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