James Moffatt
Even the most dedicated carnivore will fall for these vegetarian pasta recipes. Eggplant, for example, is a reliable 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.
These are our best plant-based pasta recipes that vegetarians and meat-eaters alike will love.
A Japanese-inspired twist on pasta, made in just two easy steps.
Capitano’s conchiglie with vodka sauce
Ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemon
Rigatoni with mushrooms pecorino and herb crumbs
Zucchini flower, mint and pecorino penne
A quick and easy pasta dish for midweek dinners.
Gnocchetti Sardi with tomato sugo, broccolini and pecorino
Tacconi with Ligurian olives, pine nuts and oregano
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
Orecchiette with cauliflower and walnut brown-butter pesto
Danielle Alvarez’s beetroot and carrot mezzalune with leek, hazelnut and poppy seeds
Buckwheat spaghetti with tomato, lemon and flat-leaf parsley
(Credits: VANESSA LEVIS)Buckwheat spaghetti with tomato, lemon and flat-leaf parsley
Handmade busiate with pesto Trapanese
(Credits: Ben Dearnley)Handmade busiate with pesto trapanese
House-made spaghetti with sugo
(Credits: Sharyn Cairns)House-made spaghetti with sugo
Orecchiette with broccoli, chilli and pecorino
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Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini
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