Penne with buttery vine tomatoes, rocket & feta

Name: Penne with buttery vine tomatoes, rocket & feta
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 300 g Essential Penne; 30 g butter; 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 270 g pack cherry vine or vine tomatoes, roughly chopped; 1 tsp chilli flakes, to taste; 90 g wild rocket; 100 g Essential Greek Feta, crumbled into small pieces

Simmering tomatoes in a shallow bath of garlicky butter is never going to be a bad thing! You’ll love this recipe for its simplicity and speed.

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VegetarianSource of protein1 of your 5 a day

Serves4
CourseLunch
Prepare10 mins
Cook20 mins
Total time30 mins

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Ingredients

300g Essential Penne
30g butter
4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
270g pack cherry vine or vine tomatoes, roughly chopped
1 tsp chilli flakes, to taste
90g wild rocket
100g Essential Greek Feta, crumbled into small pieces

Method

Cook the pasta according to pack instructions. Melt the butter in a large saucepan and cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes, swirling until it turns golden and smells nutty.
Add the garlic to the butter and cook for 1 minute more. Add the tomatoes and chilli flakes. Lower the heat and cook gently for 5 minutes until creamy and pulpy – if the sauce starts to get a little dry, add a splash of the pasta cooking water. Check the seasoning.
Drain the pasta, reserving a ladleful of water, then tip it into the tomato sauce and toss. Add a little reserved water to loosen, tossing well to coat.
Stir in the rocket, then divide between wide bowls. Sprinkle over the feta and finish with a good grind of black pepper.