Rigatoni and Chorizo Rosé Marinara
with Roasted Pepper pesto and Spinach
This creamy rosé sauce is a game changer for your weeknight meals. Our easy cheat version uses cream cheese to add richness without making the dish too heavy. The delicious chorizo flavour shines through!
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
250 g
Chorizo Sausage, uncased
170 g
Rigatoni
(Contains Wheat)
56 g
Baby Spinach
1 unit
Cream Cheese
(Contains Milk)
1 cup
Marinara Sauce
(May contain Fish, Sesame, Egg, Crustaceans, Sulphites, Mustard, Soy, Milk, Wheat)
7 g
Parsley
½ cup
Parmesan Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
¼ cup
Roasted Pepper Pesto
(Contains Milk May contain Soy, Sulphites)
1 tsp
Chili Flakes
56 g
Yellow Onion, chopped
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
(May contain Wheat, Milk, Mustard, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites, Tree nuts)
Not included in your delivery
1 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Instructions
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Roughly chop parsley.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat.
- When the pan is hot, add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter, then onions, chorizo and 1/2 tsp (1 tsp) chili flakes. (NOTE: Reference heat guide.)
- Cook, breaking up chorizo into smaller pieces, until no pink remains, 4-5 min.**
- Season with garlic salt.
- Meanwhile, add rigatoni to the boiling water. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 8-10 min.
- Reserve 1/2 cup (1 cup) pasta water, then drain.
- Add cream cheese, marinara, roasted red pepper pesto, 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) sugar and 1/4 cup (1/2 cup) reserved pasta water to the pan (from step 2).
- Cook, stirring often, until cream cheese melts and sauce comes to a simmer.
- Reduce heat to medium. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until sauce thickens slightly, 2-3 min.
- Add rigatoni and half the Parmesan to the pan. Stir until cheese melts and sauce coats rigatoni. (NOTE: Add remaining reserved pasta water, 2 tbsp at a time, to loosen the sauce, if desired.)
- Add spinach and stir until wilted, 1 min. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Divide rigatoni between plates. Sprinkle with parsley, remaining Parmesan and any remaining chili flakes, if desired.
