RECIPE

Penne with a Mediterranean Touch

Name: Penne with a Mediterranean Touch
Cook time: 15 mins
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 500g penne; 2 packets Royco® Cheese, Ham & Mushroom Pasta Sauce; salted water; 30 ml oil; 1 red pepper, diced; 90 ml sundried tomatoes, chopped; 20 ml basil, chopped; 60 ml pine nuts, roasted; 15 g parmesan, grated

Cooking time

15 mins

Preparation time

15 mins

Serves

Penne pasta generously drenched in a sauce that encapsulates the flavours of the Mediterranean. This scrumptious dinner is taken up a notch with pine nuts and parmesan.

500g penne
2 packets Royco® Cheese, Ham & Mushroom Pasta Sauce
salted water
30 ml oil
1 red pepper, diced
90 ml sundried tomatoes, chopped
20 ml basil, chopped
60 ml pine nuts, roasted
15 g parmesan, grated

Products used

Cheese, Ham & Mushroom Pasta Sauce

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Four Cheese Pasta Sauce

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Vegetarian

Switch out the suggested sauce in this recipe with Royco® Four Cheese Pasta Sauce.

Family Friendly

Get your kiddo to put the finishing touches to each plate by sprinkling the portions with pine nuts and parmesan.

1.
Cook the penne in boiling, salted water until tender.
2.
Prepare the 2 packets of Royco® Cheese, Ham & Mushroom Pasta Sauce according to packet instructions.
3.
Fry the red peppers in the oil for 1 minute.
4.
Add the ROYCO® sauces, sundried tomatoes and basil leaves, simmer for 1 minute.
5.
Divide the penne between 4-6 plates, top with the sauce. Sprinkle the pine nuts and parmesan over the top.