Even the most dedicated carnivore will fall for these meat-free pasta recipes. Eggplant, for example, is a reliable vegetarian pasta ingredient – try it roasted in our tomato and basil recipe, or in chef Mitch Orr’s fusilli alla Norma. There’s pronto vegetarian pasta, you’ll knock over the spaghetti with capers and lemon in ten minutes flat, or whip up the chilli and rocket linguine in no time at all. If you’re seeking comfort food, you could do worse than the cauliflower mac and cheese.

Zucchini flower, mint and pecorino penne

Tipo 00’s potato and cauliflower tortelloni

Gnocchetti Sardi with tomato sugo, broccolini and pecorino

Tacconi with Ligurian olives, pine nuts and oregano

Danielle Alvarez’s beetroot and carrot mezzalune with leek, hazelnut and poppy seeds

Ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemon

Maggie Beer’s herb pasta with sorrel butter and lemon thyme

Farfalle with Gorgonzola fonduta, zucchini, basil and toasted nuts

Embla’s cheddar gnocchi, crushed tomato and olive oil

Roast eggplant, tomato and basil spelt pasta

Trofie with potatoes, beans and pistachio pesto

Orecchiette with cauliflower and walnut brown-butter pesto

Buckwheat spaghetti with tomato, lemon and flat-leaf parsley

Orecchiette with broccoli, chilli and pecorino

Rigatoni with mushrooms pecorino and herb crumbs

Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini
