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45+ back-pocket pasta recipes

Easy pastas made from pantry staples, cheese and not much else.

47 recipes
Many tortellini fillings would work in this rustic pasta bake.
EASY

Sausage, kale and tortellini pasta bake

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Katrina Meynink
Pantry spaghetti with 'poor man's cheese' (crispy breadcrumbs).

Julia Busuttil Nishimura's pantry spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Vary this go-to pasta dish by adding some cherry tomatoes or even a sprinkling of toasted breadcrumbs.
EASY

Neil Perry's linguine with spicy tuna, olives and capers

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's pantry pasta.
EASY

Neil Perry's penne with chickpeas and chilli

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Parmigiana pasta.

Adam Liaw's parmigiana pasta

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
Hetty McKinnon says frozen spinach is the magic ingredient in this simple vegetarian pasta.
EASY

Hetty McKinnon's spinach and walnut pesto pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Hetty McKinnon
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This cheat's chicken noodle soup works with any small pasta shape.
EASY

Pesto chicken, lemon and leftover pasta soup

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Giorgio Locatelli's spaghetti carbonara.

Giorgio Locatelli's simple spaghetti recipes: cacio e pepe, carbonara and more

  • Giorgio Locatelli
BLT pasta.

"BLT" pasta and a simple pumpkin traybake

  • Colu Henry
Spaghetti with pangrattato.
EASY

Spaghetti with garlic, pangrattato and olive oil

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Midnight spaghetti at Arlechin.

Arlechin's midnight spaghetti recipe

  • Guy Grossi
Neil Perry's cacio e pepe pasta.
EASY

Cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper) pasta recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's classic carbonara.
EASY

Adam Liaw's classic carbonara

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Speedy lemon spaghetti with toasted almonds.
EASY

Danielle Alvarez's lemon spaghetti with cream, oregano and almonds

  • < 30 mins
  • Danielle Alvarez
Pantry pasta.
EASY

Sardine pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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A few freezer and pantry staples become a delicious no-shop meal.
EASY

Canned tuna and frozen pea spaghetti

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Karen Martini's golden tubetti pasta bake with tuna.
EASY

Golden tubetti with cauliflower and tuna

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Tuna meatballs.
EASY

Penne with tuna 'meatballs'

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jill Dupleix
One-pan slurpy goodness.
EASY

One-pan slurpy creamy tomato ravioli with spicy sausage

  • < 30 mins
  • Katrina Meynink
Roman pasta alla grica.
EASY

Rigatoni alla gricia pasta recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Jamie Oliver's quick green pasta.
EASY

Jamie Oliver's quick green pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Jamie Oliver
Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter.
EASY

Spaghetti with pumpkin, thyme and brown butter recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Spaghetti puttanesca.

Spaghetti puttanesca

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Adam Liaw's simple vegetarian-friendly spaghetti.

Adam Liaw's roasted carrot and tomato spaghetti

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Adam Liaw
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Adam Liaw takes spaghetti for a Greek spin.
EASY

Spanakopita spaghetti recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Soaked broad beans gives this pasta sauce a super-creamy texture.
EASY

Fettuccine with dried broad beans and toasted breadcrumbs

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
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Orecchiette with cherry tomatoes, basil and pine nuts

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Miso carbonara.
EASY

Miso carbonara

  • < 30 mins
Pesto tagliatelle with green beans.
EASY

Pesto tagliatelle with green beans

  • < 30 mins
  • Luke Mangan
Spaghetti with zucchini and spinach.
EASY

Spaghetti with zucchini and spinach

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Orecchiette with eggplant and ricotta.
EASY

Orecchiette with eggplant, oregano, balsamic and ricotta

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Penne with preserved chilli tuna.
EASY

Penne pasta with preserved chilli tuna recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Egg yolks are what gives spaghetti carbonara its creaminess.

How to make the perfect spaghetti carbonara

  • Carla Grossetti
Karen Martini's spaghettini of zucchini, mint, pine nuts and pecorino.
EASY

Spaghettini of zucchini, mint, currants, pine nuts and pecorino

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
Broccoli and anchovy penne.
EASY

Broccoli and anchovy penne

  • < 30 mins
Spaghetti with anchovies and breadcrumbs.

Spaghetti with anchovies and breadcrumbs

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix

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