Pesto & tomato pasta with crispy crumbs

Name: Pesto & tomato pasta with crispy crumbs
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 5
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 190 grams basil pesto; 140 grams white bread - stale or fresh, whizzed into crumbs (or 140g 5oz breadcrumbs); 25 grams butter; 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed; 4 Tbsps olive oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 4 Tbsps grated parmesan, or vegetarian alternative (optional); 50 grams pine nuts, roughly chopped; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes

Pesto & tomato pasta with crispy crumbs might be just the side dish you are searching for. One serving contains 392 calories, 5g of protein, and 37g of fat. This gluten free recipe serves 5. If you have basil pesto, garlic cloves, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 50 minutes.

Instructions

Gently cook the onion and half thegarlic in 2 tbsp olive oil for 10 mins untilsoft. Stir in the tomatoes and sugar andsimmer for 15-20 mins until saucy. Stir inhalf the pesto, some seasoning and a fewcapers or olives, if you have them. Coverand keep warm.While the sauce is simmering, heatoven to 220C/200C fan/gas

Ingredients you will need

Olive Oil

Seasoning

Tomato

Olives

Onion

Pesto

Sauce

Sugar

Toss thecrumbs in a large baking tray with theremaining 2 tbsp olive oil, the rest of thegarlic, the pine nuts and Parmesan, ifSimple yet specialstorecupboard supperusing.

Ingredients you will need

Olive Oil

Pine Nuts

Parmesan

Equipment you will use

Baking Pan

Bake for 10 mins, stirring a fewtimes, until golden. Dot over the butterand return to the oven for 2 mins more.Meanwhile, bring a pan of salted waterto the boil and cook the pasta.

Ingredients you will need

Pasta

Equipment you will use

Oven

Frying Pan

Drain,reserving a little cooking water. Stirthrough the sauce with a splash ofcooking water to loosen, if you need to,ripple through the remaining pesto andserve scattered with golden crumbs.

Ingredients you will need

Pesto

Sauce

Water