Pasta With Halloumi Pepper Sauce

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 sweet yellow peppers
• 2 heads garlic
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 lemon
• salt and pepper
• 400 g penne pasta
• 4 tablespoons ricotta cheese
• 20 basil leaves, shredded
• 200 g halloumi cheese

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 400 degrees f (or 200 c).
• 2 slice the peppers into quarters, cutting out the seeds.
• 3 lay on a lightly oiled baking tray, skin side up.
• 4 at the same time, rub the heads of garlic with a little olive oil and set on the tray with the peppers.
• 5 bake for 25 minutes.
• 6 when you take the tray out of the oven, cover the peppers with clingfilm and leave to"sweat" for 10 minutes.
• 7 this helps loosen the skin.
• 8 peel the peppers and place in a food processor.
• 9 now trim the stalk end off the garlic, cutting into the cloves.
• 10 squeeze the soft garlic into the food processor with the peppers.
• 11 add a squeeze of lemon juice, a couple tablespoons water, salt and pepper to taste.
• 12 blitz to a purée and, while the motor is running, add a couple tablespoons olive oil.
• 13 transfer the purée to a small saucepan.
• 14 at the same time, start to cook the pasta.
• 15 while the pasta is cooking, finish off the sauce.
• 16 chop the halloumi into chunks and stir into the sauce over a low heat until the pieces soften.
• 17 drain the pasta and toss with the ricotta and most of the basil.
• 18 pour the sauce over and garnish with the remaining basil.