Italian Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta

Looking for an Italian pasta recipe to spice up your dinner?

Then this recipe of mine is for you; just grab some pasta and let's get cooking.

Servings: 6 Difficulty: Medium

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Cooking time: 20 minutes Preparation time: 5 minutes Total time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

230g uncooked pasta

2 tablespoons of butter

3 cloves garlic minced

30g sun-dried tomatoes 

250g minced turkey meat

200g canned tomatoes without peels

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

A dash of salt

A dash of pepper 

Freshly grated parmesan cheese for serving

Instructions

Step 1: Boil a large, salted pot of water for your pasta and cook for about 8–10 minutes (it needs to be firm, although not hard or chalky, when bitten).

Step 2: In a skillet, add the butter and melt it over medium heat.

Step 3: Add the garlic and cook until brown, for about 30 seconds.

Step 4: Soak the sun-dried tomatoes in hot water for about 5 minutes and add them to a skillet.

Step 5: In the same skillet, add the minced turkey meat, break it up with a spatula, then add the Italian seasoning and canned tomatoes, and let it cook until the sauce becomes thick.

Step 6: Toss with the cooked pasta (add in a splash of the pasta water prior to draining if the sauce gets too thick) and serve with a handful of parmesan cheese.

Useful tips

• For this recipe, the best pasta to use is spagethi.

• You can swap out the minced turkey meat, for any ground meat, or meat substitute.

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