GARLICKY TOMATO PASTA

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Use your cupboard ingredients for a vegetarian treat for two

Provided by Barney Desmazery

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Side dish, Snack, Supper

Time 30m

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

8 small new potatoes , quartered, or a large baking potato peeled and cut into small chunks
200g pasta shells (about 2 large handfuls)
4 medium tomatoes , the riper the better
3 tbsp good quality olive oil
1 fat clove of garlic , finely chopped or crushed
a pinch of crushed chillies or chilli powder
grated cheese , whatever you have, to serve

Steps:

Pour a boiled kettleful of water into a medium pan, salt the water and bring it back to the boil over a highish heat. Tip the potatoes into the water and boil for 5 minutes. Tip the pasta into the same water, give it a stir and continue to boil everything for about 10 minutes or until the pasta and potatoes feel soft when prodded with a fork.
While the pasta is cooking, chop the tomatoes into chunky pieces, then chop them a little bit more, as you would for a salsa. Scrape the tomatoes and their juice off the board into a bowl. Season generously with salt and pepper and mix in the olive oil, garlic and crushed chilli until it's all amalgamated.
When the pasta and potatoes are cooked, toss them in the bowl with the tomato sauce until evenly coated. Divide the pasta between two bowls and serve with a sprinkling of grated cheese.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 617 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 102 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 6 grams fiber, Protein 16 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium