Name: Chicken linguine with tomato cream sauce
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 clove garlic; 400 gram tin cherry tomatoes; 1/3 cup passata; 375 millilitre tin CARNATION Light & Creamy Evaporated Milk; 1.5 cup fresh baby spinach leaves; 500 gram whole-wheat pasta (we used granoro whole-wheat linguine); 1.5 cup warm, sliced grilled chicken fillets (or use boneless cooked rotisserie chicken); 2 small trusses tomatoes, roasted at 120c in a little olive oil for 1 hour (otional - see recipe tips); shaved parmesan cheese, to serve; fresh basil leaves, to serve

Chicken linguine with tomato cream sauce

Who doesn’t adore pasta? This creamy dish of wholesome whole-wheat linguine will definitely bring out your ‘inner Sophia Loren’. It is doused in a light, but decadent, creamy tomato sauce full of healthy baby spinach. You can easily serve it without chicken for a vegetarian alternative

Ingredients

olive oil

1 medium onion, chopped

1 clove garlic

400 gram tin cherry tomatoes

1/3 cup passata

375 millilitre tin CARNATION Light & Creamy Evaporated Milk

1.5 cup fresh baby spinach leaves

500 gram whole-wheat pasta (we used granoro whole-wheat linguine)

1.5 cup warm, sliced grilled chicken fillets (or use boneless cooked rotisserie chicken)

2 small trusses tomatoes, roasted at 120c in a little olive oil for 1 hour (otional – see recipe tips)

shaved parmesan cheese, to serve

fresh basil leaves, to serve

Method

1.In a frying pan over medium heat, warm a little olive oil and gently sauté the onion and garlic until softened.

2.Add the tinned tomatoes and the passata and stir to combine (it will bubble a bit).

3.Add the tin of CARNATION Light & Creamy Evaporated Milk and stir to combine. Simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce is a rich pink and slightly reduced.

4.Stir through fresh spinach leaves and turn off heat. The heat of the sauce will cook the spinach. Season with salt and pepper and keep warm.

5.Cook pasta in salted boiling water according to packet instructions. Drain and place on warmed serving dishes.

6.Spoon tomato sauce over the pasta. Add some warm chicken, and a few warm slow-roasted tomatoes if using. Garnish with shaved parmesan and fresh basil leaves. Serve immediately with a green salad on the side.

The tomatoes smell caramelised when done and the skin looks wrinkled. If your tomato skins split in the first stages of cooking, don’t worry, just turn the heat down a bit.
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Fiona Hugues

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