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15 minute spicy pasta recipe

15 Minute Spicy Pasta Recipe

Take your weekday pasta dinner to the next level with this authentic spicy pasta, that's ready in just 15 minutes.
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 large bowls
Calories 1200 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 garlic press
  • 1 medium large pot
  • 1 cooking spoon
  • 1 tablespoon

Ingredients
  

  • 300 gr Rigatoni
  • 1 clove garlic
  • Belmorso Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 can Tuna small or large, whichever you prefer
  • 4 tbsp Cannonata a spicy tomato spread/sauce/dip
  • 1 large burrata cheese about 300 gr
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • oregano about 1/3 of a teaspoon
  • parmesan cheese about 1 tablespoon per bowl

Instructions
 

  • Boil the pasta in plenty of water and salt.
    cooking rigatoni
  • In the meantime, prepare your ingredients so you can quickly put together this dish once the pasta has cooked.
    ingredients for quick spicy pasta
  • When it's ready, drain the pasta and save some cooking water. Put the pasta into a bowl for a few moments.
    cooked and drained pasta
  • Press the garlic and add it to your empty pasta pot. Add a generous drizzle of Belmorso EVOO and let the garlic sauté.
    sauté garlic
  • Proceed by adding your tuna and mix it in with the garlic and oil so everything gets more aromatic.
    adding canned tuna in pot
  • Then add the pasta back in the same pot.
    adding rigatoni pasta to pot
  • Season and add the oregano, and mix.
    seasoning pasta with oregano
  • Next, you want to add the Cannonata and the cooking water.
    adding Cannonata to pasta
  • Slice your burrata into smaller pieces, but first cut it into half and enjoy looking at its creaminess for just a moment.
    slicing burrata
  • Add the burrata onto the pasta and mix over heat, until it melts. It's ok if a few pieces of burrata remain whole.
    adding burrata to pasta
  • Take off the heat and serve with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese. Buon appetito.
    spicy pasta with burrata

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Notes

This is a caloric dish because of the large portion of pasta and the burrata which is a rich ingredient. To reduce the calories you can use less buratta or replace with mozzarella, and you can enjoy a smaller portion.
Keyword burrata, medium spicy, tomato pasta, tuna