# Pasta All’Ortolana

A healthy, quick, and comforting pasta dish packed with vegetables.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Total time: 5 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 red pepper
- 1 courgette/zucchini
- 1 aubergine/eggplant
- 200 g ripe cherry tomatoes
- 1 tsp oregano
- 20 g basil
- 0.5 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 shallot
- 1 clove of garlic
- Salt
- black pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 300 g caserecce pasta
- 1 ladle water
- 1 piece cheese rind
- parmesan

## Instructions

1. On a very hot pan, put peppers, courgette and aubergine and dry fry until they have a nice color.
2. Add olive oil and oregano to the vegetables.
3. Add a good pinch of salt and black pepper.
4. Stir all the vegetables together.
5. Put the cooked vegetables on the side.
6. Still in the same pan, drizzle olive oil.
7. Add cherry tomatoes, shallots and thinly sliced garlic.
8. Give it a stir and add a pinch of salt.
9. Add half a tablespoon of tomato paste.
10. Add a ladle of water to make the sauce.
11. Go in with basil.
12. Add a little piece of cheese rind into the sauce.
13. Cover and cook for 5 minutes while you cook your pasta.
14. Add the cooked vegetables back into the pan with the sauce.
15. Give it a good stir all together.
16. Remove the cheese rind.
17. Add the casarecce pasta in.
18. Add a few more basil leaves at the end.
19. Add the last drizzle of olive oil.
20. Optionally, add some parmesan on top.

## Equipment

- pan

## Tips

- Slice garlic really thin so it melts.
- Dry fry vegetables initially to develop char and reduce oil usage.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGdHyEbGY/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ab02a9e6-e26a-4fc4-8153-f2c61fb18ee0
- Extracted: 2026-05-06

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