Vegan Red Pepper and Chorizo Mafalda Pasta
A delicious pasta dish made with caramelised sweet peppers, accented with sharp capers and smokey vegan chorizo. The mafalda pasta is the perfect vehicle to hold the sauce!
Servings: 4
Calories: 577kcal
Ingredients
- 320 g malfalda pasta I allow 80g (1⅓ cups) of pasta per person. Different pasta shapes yield different weight, so if you choose a different pasta, you will need to weigh it
- 3 medium red or yellow peppers
- 1 large yellow onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2-3 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoon oregano
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 4 tablespoon capers
- 4 vegan chorizo sausages allow one sausage per person!
Optional
- 1 teaspoon hot chilli sauce or to your taste
- 60 ml white wine
- 2 tablespoon chopped olives
Instructions
- Put the pasta water on to boil.
- Chop the red peppers and onions into strips that are roughly the same length as the pasta.
- Chop the vegan chorizo sausage into chunks
- In a large frying pan, sautee the chorizo slices in 1 tablespoon of the olive oil until slightly brown. Remove from the pan and set aside.
- In the same frying pan add the rest of the oil, then the onion and red peppers. Cook over a low heat with a lid on for around 10 minutes, stirring occassionally.
- Add the garlic, oregano and tomato paste. Give a good stir and return to the heat. Put the lid back on and keep cooking for 5 -10 minutes. The peppers and onions should start to cook down and caramelise.
- Once the pepper and onions are looking like they are on their way to cooking down, add the pasta to boiling water. Salt well.
- If the onions and peppers start to stick, add a little water. You can also add some white wine here if you like.
- When the pasta is only just barely ready, drain, reserving a ⅓ cup (60 ml) of the pasta cooking liquid.
- Add the pasta to the pan with the peppers. Add the pasta liquid and give a really good stir. This will help the sauce stick to the pasta and finish cooking it.
- Add the reserved chorizo sausages stirring really well so the pasta is completely coated in the sauce.
- Serve at once!
Nutrition
Calories: 577kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 66mg | Sodium: 1648mg | Potassium: 501mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 3358IU | Vitamin C: 136mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 3mg