Tasty tomatoe, chorizo and basil with pasta (Speedy Meals)

Member Name: ashwick

Product:	Speedy Meals
Date:	05/11/08 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Quick and very tasty

Disadvantages: None

This is a very speedy and tasty recipe that takes the time for the pasta to cook to make.

Serves 2

You will need:
- 2 table spoons of olive oil
- 300g of dried pasta (or more or less depending on how hungry you are!)
- a hand full of cherry tomatoes, chopped in half
- 2 table spoons of chopped fresh basil leaves
- 2 table spoons of chopped chorizo sausage
- Salt and Pepper

How to make it:
1. Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, add the dried pasta and cook as per the instructions on the packet - usually about 12 minutes
2. While the pasta is cooking, heat the olive oil in a frying pan, add the cherry tomatoes, fresh basil leaves and chorizo sausage and heat through for a minute or so. The idea is not really to cook these ingredients, but to warm them through, softening the tomatoes and wilting the basil.
Once the pasta is cooked, drain and return to the saucepan, toss a table spoon of olive oil add salt and pepper to taste. Add the cherry tomatoes, basil and chorizo sauage mix to the pasta and serve straight away and enjoy.

I like this dish quite simple, but you can easily make it more substantial by adding mushrooms or spinich etc to the frypan. You can even spice it up a little by adding a 1/4 teaspoon of crushed dried chillies.

Summary: Really quick and easy