Pasta recipes

A vegetarian spaghetti alla puttanesca. Rose Elliot's recipe leaves out the anchovies but is still full of capers, tomato and olives.

Beadcrumb pasta is the dinner you didn't know you needed, until now. Nina Olsson uses a handful of simple ingredients in this breadcrumb spaghetti dish.

Carbonara is traditionally made with high-in-fat lardons. In this recipe, we use parma ham so you still get that crisp saltiness without the calories.

Use up leftover roast chicken in this comforting cannelloni recipe for two with spinach and ricotta. It's quick, easy to make and perfect as a midweek meal.

Orzo replaces rice in this cheesy risotto-style recipe. Less stirring is required making it easy to make and ready to serve in 30 minutes.

If you're short on time, try this beetroot orzotto recipe with goat's cheese – it's a great choice for a healthy midweek dinner.

This extra special pasta recipe only takes 20 minutes to make but has all the wow-factor and indulgence of a dish you'd expect to find on a restaurant menu.

We've tweaked the traditional recipe for 'cheese and pepper' pasta so the cheese is guaranteed to melt evenly and the flavours are simple, yet satisfying.

This recipe of soft, pillowy gnocchi baked in a creamy blue cheese mushroom sauce is a great dinner for a cold winter's night.

A vegetarian dinner consisting of spaghetti coated in a garlicky artichoke sauce. You can use marinated, chargrilled, or canned artichokes.

This quick and easy pasta bake recipe is made with fresh ravioli and classic Italian flavours.

Sometimes the best meals are the simple ones and this truly Italian combination of pasta, basil, burrata and fresh tomatoes is a perfect example.

Add cherry tomatoes to pasta and it becomes sweeter, lighter. Combine with feta, olives and herbs – and you have yourself a real d winner.

Pasta doesn't get much faster than this – ready to eat in 30 minutes this vegetarian linguine recipe is perfect for a midweek dinner.

Taste the flavours of summer in this fresh risotto-style pasta dish – a great recipe for a quick midweek dinner as it uses tiny orzo pasta.

This garlic, saffron and herb butter linguine is an impressive vegetarian pasta dish for two. Serve it to your loved one on Valentine's Day.

A true taste of Venice in a bowl – juicy prawns, lemon and chilli are tossed through tagliatelle for a prawn pasta dish that's easy on effort.

You can swap the cone-shaped pasta for large shells in this easy midweek recipe from Gennaro Contaldo. It's a cheesy, comforting delight.

A classic Italian pasta recipe; pasta shells are stuffed with a cheesy ricotta and spinach mixture and topped with a tomato sauce before baking.