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Ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemonBen Dearnley

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.

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Photo: Alicia Taylor

Spaghetti with “no cook” tomato-chilli sauce

Penne with broccoli and pancetta pangrattato
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Penne with broccoli and pancetta pangrattato

Linguine with chilli and rocket
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Linguine with chilli and rocket

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Photo: Chris Chen

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

White bowl holding a mixture of short pasta, broad beans, asparagus and pancetta, with a steel fork inside, and a blue napkin to the side.
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Casarecce with spring vegetables and pancetta

Mussels, risoni and herbs

One-pot recipe for mussels with risoni and herbs

Casarecce with pancetta and Brussels sprouts

Casarecce with pancetta and Brussels sprouts

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Japanese-style warfu carbonara pasta
Photo: John Paul Urizar

Carbonara, Japanese-style

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Linguine with goat’s cheese and caramelised leek

Photo: Con Poulos

Giovanni Pilu’s mussels and fregola

Spaghetti and meatballs
Photo: Alicia Taylor

Spaghetti and meatballs

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fork in bowl of pasta
Photo: James Moffatt

Mixed pepper and pecorino pasta

Spaghetti and spanner crab meat
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spaghetti and spanner crab meat

Photo: Chris Court

Strozzapreti with sausage, radicchio and sage

Photo: Chris Chen

A cheat’s recipe for spinach and ricotta ravioli

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Photo: William Meppem

Polpetti with roasted tomato sauce and pappardelle

Ditali and beans with pancetta
Photo: Chris Chen

Fast pasta e fagioli recipe (ditali and beans with pancetta)

Penne with ginger and tomato
Photo: Chris Chen

Penne with ginger and tomato

Photo: William Meppem

Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini

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Photo: Con Poulos

Leek and miso orecchiette

Photo: Ben Dearnley

Orecchiette with cauliflower and walnut brown-butter pesto

A white plate holding spaghetti, clams, chilli and flat-leaf parsley.
Photo: Con Poulos

Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga

Spaghettini with pipis
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Spaghettini with pipis

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Spelt spaghetti with zucchini and cavolo nero-almond sauce
Photo: William Meppem

Spelt spaghetti with zucchini and cavolo nero-almond sauce

Photo: William Meppem

Rigatoni with chicken ragù and green sauce

Photo: William Meppem

Rigatoni with mushrooms pecorino and herb crumbs

Lamb with orzo and olives recipe
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Lamb with orzo and olives

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Photo: John Paul Urizar

Spaghettini with calamari, rosemary and lemon

Photo: William Meppem

Linguine with walnut-parsley pesto

Casarecce with pork sausage, cavolo nero and chilli
Photo: Benito Martin

Casarecce with pork sausage, cavolo nero and chilli

Photo: William Meppem

Fideuà with clams

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Conchiglie rigate with corn, anchovy and mint
Photo: William Meppem

Conchiglie rigate with corn, anchovy and mint

Photo: William Meppem

Penne with prawns and fra diavolo sauce

Photo: John Paul Urizar

Casarecce with mixed mushrooms and thyme

Ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemon
Photo: Ben Dearnley

Ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemon

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