You’re hungry, but time is short. You need some quick, easy and simple pasta recipes. And you need them pronto. There’s a tried-and-true puttanesca, quick and easy pasta recipes with shellfish (try Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga, or the risoni with mussels), and if you’re ever stuck for ideas, the pantry-raider ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemon will sort you out. Set the timer. Dinner’s on the way.
Spaghetti with “no cook” tomato-chilli sauce
Penne with broccoli and pancetta pangrattato
Casarecce with spring vegetables and pancetta
Linguine with goat’s cheese and caramelised leek
Strozzapreti with sausage, radicchio and sage
A cheat’s recipe for spinach and ricotta ravioli
Polpetti with roasted tomato sauce and pappardelle
Fast pasta e fagioli recipe (ditali and beans with pancetta)
Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini
Orecchiette with cauliflower and walnut brown-butter pesto
Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga
Spelt spaghetti with zucchini and cavolo nero-almond sauce
Rigatoni with chicken ragù and green sauce
Rigatoni with mushrooms pecorino and herb crumbs
Spaghettini with calamari, rosemary and lemon
Casarecce with pork sausage, cavolo nero and chilli
Conchiglie rigate with corn, anchovy and mint
Penne with prawns and fra diavolo sauce
Casarecce with mixed mushrooms and thyme
Ben Dearnley