If quick and easy pasta meals are your thing, this creamy tomato tagliatelle will rock your world. Make it in just one pan, and on the table in 30 minutes.
Why you have to make this tagliatelle with creamy tomato and chorizo sauce!
- It’s super quick and easy with only a few ingredients.
- It’s really saucy, which for me often equals perfect comfort food.
- It’s a one-pan dish (well, if you don’t count the pasta pan …)
- It’s creamy and cheesy.
Enough said?
Main ingredients
- cherry tomatoes!
- garlic
- chorizo
- passata (tomato sauce in the US)
- cream
- basil
- parmesan
- tagliatelle (or substitute another kind of pasta – why not?)
That’s just 8 main ingredients!
Most importantly… how do you make it?
This quick pasta meal is insanely easy to throw together.
- Just throw your garlic, chorizo and cherry tomatoes into a bit of sizzling butter and let the tomatoes cook down for ten minutes – until you can squish it into a sort of sauce.
- Then add a bit of passata, cream, parmesan and basil. Dump in your cooked pasta and toss everything together, loosening the dish up with a bit of the pasta cooking water if you feel it needs it.
- Serve with a bit more parmesan and fresh basil to taste and you’ve got a super simple, comforting pasta perfection.
Pro tip: You can adjust the amounts of cream, tomato and parmesan. If you don’t like your pasta sauces to be too creamy just add a splash of cream. If cheese takes you to cheesy heaven then go ahead and dump in another handful of parmesan. It’s totally up to you!
More easy pasta recipes
- 15-minute creamy pesto chicken with mushrooms and parmesan (I usually serve this with tagliatelle!)
- 6-ingredient sausage pappardelle bolognese (recipe includes a stove top or pressure cooker version)
- creamy chicken and mushroom pappardelle
- easy pasta alla norma (tomato and eggplant pasta)
- lemony asparagus and prosciutto pasta (this one’s great for spring!)
Or take a look at all my pasta recipes.
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One pan tagliatelle with chorizo and creamy tomato sauce
This tagliatelle with cherry tomato, chorizo and cream sauce is perfect for those busy days when you want to whip up something tasty and comforting really quickly.
Ingredients (UK/Australia? Click below for grams/ml)
- 1 knob butter
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 14 ounces cherry tomatoes (ripe)
- 3.5 ounces chorizo sausage chopped into small chunks
- 0.5 cups passata
- 1 pinch sugar (large pinch)
- salt & pepper
- 8 ounces tagliatelle dried
- 0.25 cups cream (slightly more or less to taste)
- 3 tablespoons basil (fresh) chopped
- 1 handful parmesan cheese grated, plus extra to taste!
Instructions
- Put a pot of water on to boil ready for the pasta.
- Melt the butter in a pan, then add the garlic and tomtoes and let cook on a medium heat until the tomatoes begin to soften. Squash them into the pan a bit so that they begin to form a sauce (about 10 minutes or so). Then add the chorizo to the pan and let cook for a minute or two.
- Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook according to the instructions on the packet.
- Meanwhile, add the passata and cream to the pan (add the cream to taste – the sauce should be a deep orangey red colour) and let bubble away for a few minutes while the pasta is cooking so that it reduces a bit. Then add most of the parmesan and stir through most of the basil.
- Drain the pasta when cooked, reserving a little of the cooking water, then add it to the pan and mix it into the sauce really well. Add a little of the cooking water to loosen up the sauce if you think it’s necessary.
- Serve the pasta. Sprinkle with the remaining parmesan and fresh basil. Eat immediately!
Nutrition
Calories: 835kcalCarbohydrates: 97gProtein: 32gFat: 35gSaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 181mgSodium: 699mgPotassium: 1203mgFiber: 6gSugar: 10gVitamin A: 1955IUVitamin C: 53.4mgCalcium: 109mgIron: 5.5mg
Tried this recipe?Let me know if you liked it!
Elise Cooper says
How many people does this roughly serve?
Recipe sounds delicious!
Helen says
Hi Elise! There’s enough for 2, but they’re quite generous portions so I’d say 2 to 4 with salad and possibly toasted bread on the side. I hope you do give it a go! Also, I’ve just posted another pasta recipe you might be interested in: this 20-minute lemony tuna spaghetti. Enjoy!
Veronica Stephenson says
Hi, you didn’t say when to add the passata?
Helen says
Oh sorry Veronica – you’re right! Add it just after adding the chorizo and letting it cook for a minute or two, at the same time as the cream. I’ll change the recipe!
Hope you enjoy it!
Tara says
Hi Helen!
I came across this recipe on Pinterest today and the other half insisted that I make it…… I tweaked it just a little for us (added onion, mushrooms and asparagus) and left out the sugar as it had such an amazing flavour already. Hubby went back for seconds and has declared that it’s to be added to the recipe book.
Helen says
Hi Tara. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to leave your feedback. This is one of my older recipes, but really good to hear it’s still popping up on Pinterest! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! You might like to check out my other tomato/chorizo recipes. There’s one with chicken that we make all the time mid week. Very easy and delicious!
Melissa says
What is passata? I dont know if we have that in the states!
Helen says
Oh sorry, Melissa, I didn’t know passata wasn’t ‘a thing’ in the US! It’s just like blended crushed tomatoes really, so you could run some crushed tomatoes through your food processor as a substitute!
Claire says
Having a couple of workmates over on the weekend and this dish looks absolutely perfect! Your recipes are wonderfully flavoursome and so easy to put together. I love it when great meals are stress- free!. Now l’ve seen this, l can relax and enjoy their company without worrying about the meal.
Thank you Helen x
Helen says
Hi Claire – this message has really made my day! Thank you so much!
Other similar quick and easy alternatives are my chicken with pesto parmesan sauce (a more recent recipe, also good with pasta), creamy chicken and mushroom pappardelle, and baked lemon chicken with yoghurt sauce (also great with pasta!).
I really hope you and your friends enjoy your meal! 🙂
cheri says
Hi Helen, I love driving in the rain and I love chorizo, what a great recipe, looks perfect for the cold weather.
Helen says
Really? Oh, I so hate driving in the rain or in the dark. So you can come on a rainy trip with me any time!
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
It is great being able to create a warm comforting dish from such simple ingredients right?
Helen says
Sure is, Bintu! Thanks for passing by!
Kelley @ Chef Savvy says
This looks amazingly decadent and creamy. I love the addition of spicy chorizo!
Helen says
Hello, Kelley … thanks so much for passing by and saying hi! So glad you like this! 🙂
Eva says
Je crois que je suis comme les anglais! Même si la route est court, j’aime bien m’arrêter prendre quelque chose mais avec mon mari, c’est mission impossible !
Ton plat est irrésistible, j’aime beaucoup ces types des plats, simples, rapides et très bons !
Helen says
Merci beaucoup, Eva! C’est mission impossible quelquefois pour moi, aussi … mais chaque fois j’essaie … 😉
Samina | The Cupcake Confession says
hahaha okay, maybe I have no say in the feeling cold thing! 😀 😀 The coldest it gets here is 18 degrees C and I start layering clothes and jackets like an Eskimo! 😛 But one thing’s for sure, this pasta is definitely going to be one of those cozy foods that keeps me warm this winter! Gosh, that cream sauce is making me drool and I want to make and eat a big batch of this all by myself! <3
Helen says
Hahaha … I can just see you in your ‘Eskimo clothes’ … 18 degrees here is a pretty warm day! So happy this made you want to make a big batch for yourself. Actually, what a great idea … 🙂
[email protected] Olives & Garlic says
You had me at chorizo, then creamy sauce, then pasta and I wish I had a bowl of this pasta right now.
Helen says
lol … happy I reeled you in so easily, Kathy!
[email protected] Eats says
I have a theory that chorizo can take anything from here (hand at knee height) to here (hand above head!). This looks perfectly saucy. It’s still brekki time here but I really could do with a dish of this right now! You struck the right cord in me, my mouth watered as soon as I saw this!!
Helen says
If I got your mouth watering at brekky time, Nagi, then I’m very happy indeed … result!! 🙂