Time to unleash your inner chef! Tonight’s pasta dinner is extra fancy - we’re going to confit the tomatoes to create a sweet and savoury sauce that allows this humble produce to shine. Garlic, herbs and chilli all add to the flavour, and with a slice of tender seared chicken on top, you won’t be able to resist this show-stopping meal.
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1 sachet
Garlic & Herb Seasoning
1 packet
Orecchiette
(Contains: Gluten, Wheat; May be present: Soy. )
1 sachet
Vegetable Stock Powder
320 g
Chicken Breast
1 sachet
Chilli Flakes
1 packet
Passata
1 sachet
Dried oregano
1 packet
Rocket leaves
1 packet
Grated Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk; )
1 packet
Cherry Tomatoes
1 drizzle
olive oil
1 tsp
brown sugar
1 drizzle
vinegar (balsamic or white wine)
• Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced.
• Halve cherry tomatoes (see ingredients).
Peel garlic cloves.
• Combine tomatoes, garlic cloves, dried
oregano, a pinch of chilli flakes (if using), and olive oil (1/4 cup for 2 people / 1/2 cup for 4 people) in a baking dish.
• Season with salt and pepper, then roast until
blistered, 20-25 minutes.
• Remove baking dish from oven, then using a fork, mash garlic cloves and lightly crush
tomatoes.
• Stir in passata, vegetable stock powder and the brown sugar until combined. Roast until slightly reduced, a further 5-10 minutes.
• When the tomatoes have 15 minutes remaining, boil the kettle.
• Pour boiled water into a large saucepan over
high heat with a generous pinch of salt.
• Cook orecchiette in boiling water until ‘al dente’, 8 minutes.
• Reserve some pasta water (2 tbs for 2 people / 1/4 cup for 4 people). Drain orecchiette, then
return to saucepan.
TIP: ‘Al dente’ pasta is cooked through but still
slightly firm in the centre.
• While the pasta is cooking, place your hand
flat on top of chicken breast and slice through
horizontally to make two thin steaks.
• In a large bowl, combine chicken, garlic & herb seasoning and a drizzle of olive oil.
• In a large frying pan, heat a drizzle of olive oil
over medium-high heat.
• Cook chicken until cooked through, 3-6 minutes each side (cook in batches if your pan is getting crowded).
TIP: The chicken is cooked through when it's no
longer pink inside.
• Remove tomatoes from the oven.
• To the saucepan with the pasta, add confit
tomato sauce, tossing to combine. Season to taste.
• In a medium bowl, combine rocket leaves and a drizzle of vinegar and olive oil.
TIP: Add a splash of reserved pasta water if it looks dry!
• Slice chicken.
• Divide confit cherry tomato pasta between
bowls. Top with seared chicken, rocket and
grated Parmesan cheese.
• Sprinkle with a pinch of chilli flakes (if using) to serve. Enjoy!