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Red Lentil Pasta with Burst Tomatoes and Rocket

Make red lentil pasta with burst tomatoes and rocket, from the first ingredient to the finished dish.

1 serving · 10 ingredients · 4 steps

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Red Lentil Pasta with Burst Tomatoes and Rocket, plated and ready to serve. — The finished recipe. Red Lentil Pasta with Burst Tomatoes and Rocket

Ingredients 1 to 6 for red lentil pasta with burst tomatoes and rocket arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 1 to 6. 75 g Red lentil pasta (Dry weight. Made only from lentil flour, which is what gives it the protein.). 200 g Cherry tomatoes. 2 cloves, about 6 g Garlic. 8 g Olive oil. A pinch Chilli flakes. 40 g Rocket

Ingredients 7 to 10 for red lentil pasta with burst tomatoes and rocket arranged separately on a dark worktop. — Ingredients 7 to 10. 10 g Pine nuts. Of half a lemon Lemon zest. A handful, torn Fresh basil. To taste Salt

Red Lentil Pasta with Burst Tomatoes and Rocket, preparation step 1: Cook the pasta in well-salted water for a minute less than the packet says. Lentil pasta goes from firm to mush faster than wheat, so taste it early. — Step 1. Cook the pasta in well-salted water for a minute less than the packet says. Lentil pasta goes from firm to mush faster than wheat, so taste it early.

Red Lentil Pasta with Burst Tomatoes and Rocket, preparation step 2: While it cooks, warm the oil with the sliced garlic and chilli flakes over a low heat, then add the tomatoes and a pinch of salt. Turn the heat up and cook for six minutes, pressing them with a spoon as they soften, until they burst and make a sauce. — Step 2. While it cooks, warm the oil with the sliced garlic and chilli flakes over a low heat, then add the tomatoes and a pinch of salt. Turn the heat up and cook for six minutes, pressing them with a spoon as they soften, until they burst and make a sauce.

Red Lentil Pasta with Burst Tomatoes and Rocket, preparation step 3: Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan for two minutes. — Step 3. Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan for two minutes.

The finished red lentil pasta with burst tomatoes and rocket. — Step 4. Drain the pasta, keeping a cup of the water. Toss it through the tomatoes with a splash of the water, then the rocket, lemon zest and basil. Pine nuts on top.

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