Saturday 22 November 2014

Recipe #59: (vegetarian) Quorn Farfalle

Shopping list

  • 200gr Pasta (here I used Farfalle)
  • 3 tablespoons Olive oil
  • 1 package of Mince Quorn "meat"
  • 1/2 onion finely chopped
  • 1 can of chopped tomatoes
  • 200ml of vegetable stock
  • Sea salt
  • Black pepper
  • Cayenne Pepper
  • Garlic powder
  • Dry parsley
  • 150gr baby spinach leaves



Method 
Cook the pasta: bring 1litre of water to boil, sprinkle with sea salt and throw in the pasta. Let it cook for about 3-4 minutes and drain the water. Keep about 2-3 tablespoons of the water in the pasta so that it won't get sticky - this way you'll have perfectly cooked and loose pasta.

For the sauce: chop the 1/2 onion finely and in a saucepan heat it in some olive oil. Add the frozen mince Quorn and season well. (2 teaspoons of black pepper, 1 1/2 teaspoons of cayenne pepper, 2 teaspoons of powder garlic, 3 teaspoons of dry parsley).Stir well till the Quorn isn't frozen anymore.


Add the can of chopped tomatoes and use this as a measuring glass: fill about half of the can with water and add it to the sauce. Now add a stock cube (like mentioned before I use Knorr Vegetable Stock Pot). Stir well, cover and let it cook for about 5-8 minutes on medium heat.
Add the washed baby spinach leaves and the pasta and let it cook on high heat about another 1-2 minutes.
You can serve like this or sprinkled with parmesan.

You will impress your guests with vegan pasta that looks and tastes like meat !