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Pasta

Rigatoni with zucchini and cherry tomatoes.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s rigatoni with zucchini and cherry tomatoes

If ragu just feels too heavy in the warmer months, try this fresh rigatoni with summer vegetables.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Chicken noodle soup.
EASY

A simple trick makes RecipeTin Eats’ chicken noodle soup midweek friendly

Need a nourishing meal on the table, stat? This comforting soup delivers loads of flavour, without needing hours of cooking.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Nagi Maehashi
Quattro formaggi pasta.
EASY

Quattro formaggi pasta

A speedy take on pasta bake, this cheesy sauce works with any short shape.

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Spinach, spring onion and basil pasta.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s spinach, spring onion and basil pasta

Spring onions have a lovely flavour that is both fresh and full-bodied, and they make a great base for this creamy but light spring pasta.

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
EASY

This rich, comforting and easy rigatoni makes the perfect midweek meal

Recruit sausages as meatballs for this rich, comforting and easy dinner.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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How to cheat at making meatballs (plus 49 more perfect pasta recipes)

From the all-time classics like bolognese and carbonara to quick and easy midweek lifesavers, give these essential Italian recipes a twirl.

Alvarez prefers pappardelle pasta here because of its silkiness and the way it wraps up the ragu.

Pappardelle don’t preach: Five hearty but silky pastas to make this weekend

Featuring Danielle Alvarez’s new pappardelle with white pork ragu, sage and lemon – perfect for low-key meals with mates.

Pappardelle with white pork ragu, sage and lemon.

Pappardelle with white pork ragu, sage and lemon

This classic Italian dish of pork cooked in milk might sound a bit odd, but it’s a revelation.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Danielle Alvarez
Carbonara you can slurp with a spoon? We’re here for it.
EASY

Soup of the carbonara variety

Traditionalists, look away. This lovely, hearty soup is pasta you can slurp with a spoon.

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Danielle Alvarez’s rigatoni with sausage, red wine and tomato ragu.
EASY

Rigatoni with ‘embarrassingly simple’ sausage and red wine ragu

This cheat’s pasta sauce will taste as if you’ve been working on it all day, with no slicing, dicing or chopping required.

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Danielle Alvarez