Range of Spar ingredients for Pantry Pasta on a kitchen counter.

Pantry Pasta

Ingredients

  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • 80g-100g Dried pasta (fusilli)
  • 4 slices of cured ham; Parma ham/prosciutto/serrano ham
  • 8 pitted green olives (jarred)
  • 4 Sun-dried tomatoes
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 small white onion
  • 1 tbsp pesto (SPAR pesto al pomodori)
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp chilli flakes
  • 75g finely grated Parmesan, (50g for the recipe, 25g to garnish)
  • Fresh basil to garnish

Method

  1. Heat a frying pan on a medium heat, crisp up the slices of ham for 30-60 seconds, remove and set aside. Once cooled slice into wide pieces.
  2. Salt water and bring to a boil, add in the pasta.
  3. Add diced onion and finely sliced garlic to a pan on a medium heat with olive oil and cook until softened.
  4. Stir in a heaped tbsp of the pesto.
  5. Add sliced sundried tomatoes, along with a good drizzle of their oil along with the sliced olive.
  6. Stir in the seasonings, the chilli flakes and oregano.
  7. Drain the pasta, serving 50ml-100ml and add into the saucepan.
  8. Add 50g of the finely grated parmesan and combine. Plate and garnish with more parmesan and shards of the cured meat.