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Try our high-protein rigatoni, then try vodka pasta (penne alla vodka), saucy meatballs with burrata and pesto or pasta with sausage, kale and mustard.

With red wine and mixed herbs plus a bit of time you get a gorgeous bowl of food that is nourishing and delicious. Try it with different pasta varieties if you wish and, for more protein, use a lentil- or bean-based pasta.

Recipe extracted from Healthy High Protein by Dr Rupy Aujla (£26, Ebury Press). Photographs: Andrew Burton. Recipes are sent by the publisher and not retested by us.


Rupy's high-protein rigatoni recipe

  • 2 tbsp olive oil
    plus extra to serve
  • 100g onions
    finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves
    finely chopped
  • 3 tsp dried mixed herbs
  • 2 tbsp tomato purée
  • 100ml red wine
  • 100g walnuts
    roughly chopped
  • 200g tempeh
    roughly chopped
  • 200ml vegetable stock
  • 200ml passata
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 200g cooked Puy lentils
  • 100g cavolo nero
    stalks removed, leaves massaged and roughly chopped
  • 150g rigatoni
  • 20g parmesan
    finely grated, to serve

Nutrition: per serving

  • fibre22.1g
  • protein56.7g
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Method

  • step 1

    Heat the oil in a large lidded casserole over a medium heat, and cook the onions, stirring occasionally, for 10 mins until softened and starting to turn golden.

  • step 2

    Add the garlic and plenty of seasoning, and cook for 1 min before adding the herbs and tomato purée. Cook for 3-4 mins to intensify the flavour.

  • step 3

    Add the wine and cook for 3 mins until there is no smell of alcohol and the mixture becomes thick and sticky.

  • step 4

    Add the walnuts and tempeh, and stir to coat them. Cook for 2 mins, stirring, then add the stock, passata, vinegar and lentils. Reduce the heat to low-medium, stir until combined and simmer, part-covered with the lid, for 15 mins

  • step 5

    Toss in the cavolo nero for the final 2 mins of cooking. Meanwhile, cook the pasta in plenty of boiling salted water following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a mugful of the cooking water. Add the pasta to the sauce with enough of the pasta cooking water to loosen. Serve in bowls, drizzled with olive oil and with the parmesan scattered over.

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