The 20 best easy pasta recipes – from pistachio pesto to great baked gnocchi
It was Jacob Kenedy’s pasta e patate that sold me. A beguiling dish of two favourite foods. Introducing maybe the best 20 Best: featuring Giorgio Locatelli’s garlic, oil and chilli spaghetti, Florence Knight’s clams and lovage linguine, Anna Del Conte’s bucatini wth pancetta. Perfect pasta meals made in just minutes. Whether it’s fast food for you in a hurry, or a feast with friends or family. Simple!
Florence Knight’s clams, lovage, linguine
The fresh taste of summer in a bowl Nigel Slater’s prawns, peas and pasta
Go for sustainable prawns in this lunchtime treat
Georgia Levy’s broccoli and anchovy farfalle
Probably the nicest thing you can do with a head of broccoli
Masha Rener’s gnocchi green peas and ricotta salata
This cheesy peas dish is perfect comfort food
Claude Bosi’s angel hair pasta al with
pomodoro
Nice and easy but very tasty
Mateo Zielonka’s warm pasta salad with orzo
Lovely warm and just as good for a picnic or packed lunch
Sami Tamimi and Tara Wigley’s pasta with yoghurt and parsley
breadcrumbs – ma’caroneh bil laban
A quick and comforting midweek supper dish
Elia Sebregondi’s pistachio pesto
A citrussy take on the classic Italian sauce made with pistachios, not pine nuts
Jacob Kenedy’s pasta and potatoes
– pasta e patate
This dish is made with humble ingredients but gives maximum satisfaction
Irina Georgescu’s noodles with poppy seeds – iofcă cu mac
An easy, sweet treat from Romania for all ages
Anna Del Conte’s farfalle with cream and onion – farfalle con panna e cipolla
Super speedy to make and delicious Nigella Lawson’slinguine with lemon, garlic and thyme mushrooms
You only need to cook the pasta for this easy dish
Chris Leach’s brown crab cacio e pepe
Californian food interesting flavours inspired these
Giorgio Locatelli’s aglio, olio e peperoncino
Simple, tasty and spicy are the keywords here
Joe Trivelli’s sausage and carrot gnocchetti
Carrots as the star of a sauce sounds leftfield but really works
Anna Del Conte’sbucatini with pancetta – bucatini all’amatriciana
A taste of Abruzzo and Lazio in a bowl
Nigel Slater’s pasta with whole garlic, goat’s cheese and thyme
The fresh herb, tangy cheese and sweet garlic are a perfect combination
Letitia Clark’s pasta with butter to save and salve – pasta al burro e salvia
Comforting and buttery, friend for the fragile diner
Rachel Roddy’s cavatelli with sausage, mint and tomato – cavatelli con salsiccia, menta e pomodoro
A rich and satisfying supper offering Rukmini Iyer’s baked gnocchi with tomatoes, basil, mozzarella and pine nuts
An impressive traybake with simple flavours to relish this a