Creamy fajita-inspired pasta bake recipe
Created by The Tesco Recipes team
Make dinnertime a breeze with our 20-minute Mexican-inspired pasta bake. Packed with colourful peppers in a creamy fajita-style sauce and topped with crunchy tortilla chips, the whole family will love this fun dinner idea (and you'll love how quick it is!)
See method- Serves 4
- Takes 20 mins
- 577 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 350g Hearty Food & Co penne pasta
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 brown onion, finely sliced
- 1 red pepper, finely sliced
- 15g fajita seasoning (from a 30g pack)
- 15g coriander, roughly chopped, some leaves reserved for serving
- 300g reduced-fat crème fraîche
- 210g ball Creamfields mozzarella, roughly torn
- 25g Stockwell & Co lightly salted tortillas
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- Energy
- 2425kJ 577.0kcal
- Fat
- 23g
- Saturates
- 12g
- Salt
- 1.0g
- Sugars
- 9g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 70.9gProtein 18.4gFibre 5.7g
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- Cook the pasta for 1-2 mins less than pack instructions. Drain, reserving about two ladlefuls of pasta water.
- Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and fry the onions and peppers for 5-7 mins until softened and lightly charred. Stir in the fajita seasoning and coriander, and fry for a couple more mins.
- Turn the heat down and stir in the crème fraîche, along with the pasta. Stir to combine, adding some of the pasta water to create a silky sauce.
- Tip into a baking dish, then top with the mozzarella and crushed tortillas. Place under a hot grill and grill for 5 mins until golden and bubbling.
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