Name: Chorizo and Pasta Salad Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves: 8
Ingredients: 400g (14oz) conchiglie pasta (or use penne if you like); 250g pack mini cooking chorizo; 250g (9oz) cherry tomatoes; 2 roasted red peppers (from a jar is fine); 1tbsp sherry vinegar; handful fresh basil

By Woman and Home

published 1 January 17

This pasta salad recipe (opens in new tab) is so good you’ll want it on its own for dinner, but it can easily serve as a side dish for barbecued meat too. With sweet cherry tomatoes and tasty chorizo, its combination of flavours and textures is really satisfying.

You’ll need to roast the chorizo and cherry tomatoes for a little while first – and the red peppers if you decide not to use them from a jar - but other than that and boiling the pasta, there’s actually very little cooking in this pasta salad recipe.

This recipe makes enough to serve eight, so it really will stretch to feed a crowd and you can box up any leftovers for lunch. It’s a quick and easy meal that the whole family will want again and again.

HOW TO MAKE CHORIZO AND PASTA SALAD

Method

Heat the oven to 200 C, 180 C fan, 400 F, gas 6. Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water until tender. Meanwhile, put the chorizo and cherry tomatoes into a roasting tin and cook for around 10 to 15 minutes until cooked through and crispy on the outside. Reserve the oil. Leave to cool.
Drain the pasta and add a little oil to stop it sticking together. Roughly chop the peppers. To assemble, mix together the chorizo, tomatoes and any oil from the roasting tin with the pasta. Stir in the peppers and sherry vinegar. Season then scatter over some fresh basil.

Ingredients

400g (14oz) conchiglie pasta (or use penne if you like)
250g pack mini cooking chorizo
250g (9oz) cherry tomatoes
2 roasted red peppers (from a jar is fine)
1tbsp sherry vinegar
handful fresh basil

Woman and Home

Serves	8
Skill	Easy
Preparation Time	10 mins
Cooking Time	20 mins
Total Time	30 mins

Nutrition Per PortionRDA
Calories	283 Kcal	14%
Fat	8 g	11%
Saturated Fat	3 g	15%

Chorizo and Pasta Salad Recipe

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