Happiness pasta

Name: Happiness pasta
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 aubergines; 1–2 fresh red chillies; 40g pine nuts; 2 cloves of garlic; 1 bunch of fresh basil (30g); olive oil; 2 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes; 300g dried wholewheat fusilli; 200g ricotta cheese; 10g Parmesan cheese

Sweet tomato, aubergine & ricotta

Vegetarian

1 hr

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

As well as being very low in saturated fat compared to most other cheeses, ricotta is also high in calcium, a nutrient vital in keeping our teeth and bones nice and strong.

Everyday Super Food, p90

nutrition per serving

Calories

24%

Fat

27%

Saturates

27%

Sugars

13%

Salt

18%

Protein

41%

Carbs

23%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Everyday Super Food

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

2 aubergines

1–2 fresh red chillies

40g pine nuts

2 cloves of garlic

1 bunch of fresh basil (30g)

olive oil

2 x 400g tins of plum tomatoes

300g dried wholewheat fusilli

200g ricotta cheese

10g Parmesan cheese

Method

Find the recipe!

For the full recipe, head to page 90 of Jamie's cookbook, Everyday Super Food.

Tags

Everyday Super Food Vegetarian Healthy vegetarian Aubergine Tomato Cheese Pasta

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