Red Pepper Pasta
This rich and creamy roasted red pepper pasta sauce can be made in minutes. Loaded with flavour and super easy to make. This recipe will become your new favourite last minute dinner.
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Roasted red pepper pasta is the a perfect example of maximum flavour with minimum effort.
I love to have a couple of easy recipes on hand for those days where I just cant be bothered cooking but I really want something delicious for dinner. Comfort food at its finest.
How to make and serve roasted red pepper pasta
This recipe uses jarred red peppers (red capsicums) and sun-dried tomatoes for convenience. These are blended into a smooth creamy sauce alongside cream cheese, garlic powder, paprika and black pepper. This sauce is poured over your favourite cooked pasta and simmered until it is warmed through.
This pasta dish is delicious served on its own with a sprinkling of freshly cracked black pepper and grated cheese.
I also like to serve this dish with meatballs or with shredded roast chicken. It is also delicious topped off with some crispy roasted chickpeas.
What goes better with pasta then bread? If you have a little extra time in your day try my Garlic Knots or Cheesey Garlic Pull Apart Bread!
Ingredients
Sauce blended and pasta cooked
Can you use fresh red peppers / capsicum instead of jarred?
To make this recipe you will need roasted red peppers. If you have an abundance of fresh peppers or capsicums you can roast and peel them yourself instead of using the jarred version.
- To do this cut your peppers in half and scoop out the seeds before lightly coating them with a little bit of cooking oil.
- Roast them in your oven on a high heat until the skins are blackened.
- Cover them with cling wrap and allow them to cool
- Peel the skin off and they are ready to go!
Ingredients
Method
- Prepare a large pot of salted water to cook your pasta
- Cook your pasta according to the directions on the packet.
- While the pasta is cooking place your red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, cream cheese, garlic, paprika and about a teaspoon of pepper into a tall narrow container.
- Once the pasta is just cooked through scoop out 1/2 cup of the water from the pot and add it to your prepared sauce ingredients. Strain the pasta and set aside while you finish preparing your sauce.
- Blend the sauce ingredients using a stick blender. Continue until the sauce is completely smooth.
- Pour both the sauce and your cooked pasta back into your cooking pot and heat on a low to medium temperature until the sauce and pasta are hot.
- Season with salt and pepper if needed before serving.
Thank you so much for taking the time to read through my roasted red pepper pasta recipe. I hope you enjoy trying this out for yourself. Please feel free to add any questions or comments below. I am happy to help out wherever possible and I would love to hear how this recipe worked out for you.
Crystal Rose
