Spicy tomato chorizo pasta
A delicious and easy pasta recipe made with an instant tomato sauce and spicy chorizo! Weeknight dinners made yummy
Equipment
- Shallow cooking pot
Ingredients
- 2 cups pasta cooked al dente
- ½ cup mozzarella grated
- 1 cup chorizo sliced
- 1 smal onion finely chopped
- 2 medium tomatoes diced
- 1 tbsp tomato paste or tomato ketchup
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp dried Italian herbs
- 2 tbsp red chili flakes
- 1 tbsp black pepper crushed
- 1 tsp sugar
- salt to taste
For garnishing
- 6-7 fresh basil leaves
Instructions
- Blend together the tomatoes, 2 garlic cloves, tomato paste, olive oil, salt, pepper, Italian herbs and the chili flakes to a smooth paste. Keep this aside
- Heat another pot with 4 cups of water and 2 tbsp salt. Once it comes to a roll boil, add and cook the pasta until 90% done
- Simultaneously, heat your cooking pot and sauté´the chorizo slices for about 3-4 minutes. Remove and set aside
- In the pot, fry the onions and garlic in the the chorizo fat, until soft and fragrant. Then add the prepared tomato sauce
- Mix well and cook for 5-7 minutes and then add the pasta (you can add it directly from the pot it is cooking in) and the chorizo
- Mix well again to coat everything well in the sauce. Check for salt and then add the cheese and cook until it melts
- Remove from flame and serve the spicy tomato chorizo pasta hot, garnished with some basil leaves. Enjoy!
Notes
- 1 cup = 250 millilitres
- tsp - teaspoon
- tbsp - tablespoon