30 Minute Romesco Pasta

This 30 minute romesco pasta is the MOST flavorful and easy-to-make pasta. Made with a bright and zippy romesco sauce and your favorite gluten free pasta for an easy dinner that everyone will love!

The best romesco pasta

If there’s a kitchen hero of 2020, it’s a 30 minute pasta.

Particularly if it’s PACKED with flavor and beyond easy to make.

Like most folks these days, we’ve been leaning HARD into easy pasta lunches and dinners. And flavorful refrigerator sauces. When the two are combined? Well then you’re really in business!

Fast and easy romesco sauce has been a LONG time favorite of on NK – it’s simple to make absolutely delicious with everything from roasted chicken to grilled veggies, and (I don’t know why the heck it took me so long) but now – PASTA, TOO! 💃🏼

And it might just be my favorite combo yet 😍

Have you ever had romesco sauce before? It’s a bold and zippy spanish style sauce made with roasted red peppers, tomato paste, parsley, almonds, garlic, and is literally the magic sauce that goes with pretty much anything you could imagine pairing it with.

You could basically think of using it the same way that you would use any type of pesto.

This sauce is all about flavor and will spice up your meals LEFT AND RIGHT.

Ready to get started? I though so 😉

Romesco sauce ingredients

• Roasted red peppers
• Roasted almonds
• Fresh parsley
• Tomato paste
• Red wine or sherry vinegar
• Garlic
• Paprika
• Cayenne (you can leave this out if you don’t want it to be spicy)
• Olive oil
• Salt + pepper

How to make 30 minute romesco pasta

You can use a food processor or blender to make the romesco sauce.

If you use your food processor – the romesco sauce will be a little more textured and rustic.

If you use your blender – the romesco sauce will be more smooth and creamy, depending on how long you blend it for.

Both work great, and it’s totally up to you which one you decide to use!

Whichever you choose, all the ingredients for the sauce are added to the food processor or blender and processed until mostly smooth.

Give it a taste, and season with more salt if desired. Now all that’s left to do is boil your pasta, toss it with the sauce, and SERVE!

What to serve with romesco pasta

This easy romesco pasta is a delicious meal all on it’s own, but if you want to add something to it here’s some ideas to get you started:

• Serve the pasta topped with some fresh herbs, parmesan or vegan parmesan, and chili flakes.
• Toss in some of your favorite protein like chicken sausage, shredded chicken, or even a plant based protein like tofu or tempeh.
• Add a drained and rinsed can of your favorite beans for a little extra substance.
• Mix in some peas, hearty greens, or broccoli.

A few notes on the recipe

• Romesco sauce can be made in either your food processor or blender. If you use your blender the texture will be more smooth and creamy than if you make it in the food processor.
• The sauce recipe calls for jarred roasted red peppers, but you can also roast your own to use!
• As written, the romesco sauce will be quite thick. If you want to thin it at all when adding to your pasta, reserve a little of the pasta cooking water and add a little at a time until your desired consistency is reached.
• Romesco sauce will keep for at least a week in a covered container in your refrigerator, and 1 batch of the sauce should be good for 2 boxes of gluten free pasta!
• If you want to save some sauce for later, it freezes well. Use an ice cube tray to freeze small servings that you can take out of the freezer to enjoy one at a time!
• This pasta dish can be served warm or chilled as a pasta salad. To use it for a classic style pasta salad think about adding some olives, chunks of your favorite cheese, fresh herbs, and chopped red onion!

Love this recipe? Try these other NK pasta recipes!

• Creamy Dairy Free Cajun Chicken Pasta
• Creamy Vegan Vodka Pasta Sauce
• Cashew Cream Mushroom and Kale Pasta
• Chicken Sausage Pasta
• Creamy Vegan Mushroom Stroganoff
• Nut Free Vegan Mac and Cheese

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