Pasta agrodolce

Name: Pasta agrodolce
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 red onions; 2 red peppers; 2 yellow peppers; 50g pine nuts; olive oil; 4 cloves of garlic; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; 1⁄2 teaspoon dried red chilli flakes; 1⁄2 a cinnamon stick; 120g raisins; 4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar; 2 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes; 300g dried wholewheat penne; 75g salted ricotta or feta cheese; 4 sprigs of fresh basil

Sweet peppers, salted ricotta & basil

50 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

Colourful sweet peppers are super-high in vitamin C – with much higher levels than a lot of other fruit and veg – meaning this dish is perfect for giving our immune system a nice boost.

Super Food Family Classics, p184

nutrition per serving

Calories

30%

Fat

24%

Saturates

14%

Sugars

55%

Salt

Protein

39%

Carbs

38%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Super Food Family Classics

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

2 red onions

2 red peppers

2 yellow peppers

50g pine nuts

olive oil

4 cloves of garlic

1 teaspoon fennel seeds

1⁄2 teaspoon dried red chilli flakes

1⁄2 a cinnamon stick

120g raisins

4 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

2 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes

300g dried wholewheat penne

75g salted ricotta or feta cheese

4 sprigs of fresh basil

Method

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For the full recipe, head to page 184 of Jamie's cookbook, Super Food Family Classics.

Tags

Super Food Family Classics Pasta Italian-style

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