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#WFD – Rigatoni with Roasted Tomato and Pumpkin Leaf Sauce

Toss the rigatoni pasta in the sauce and serve.

POLOKWANE – Rigatoni are a form of tube-shaped pasta of varying lengths and diameters originating in Italy. They are larger than penne and ziti, and sometimes slightly curved, though nowhere near as curved as elbow macaroni.

In this recipe, What’s for Dinner says you can try them in a delicious roasted tomato sauce, served on decadent rigatoni.

Ingredients

– 400g rigatoni pasta
– 1.3kg ripe tomatoes
– olive oil, for drizzling
– 1 x KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry Cook-in-Sauce
– 1 cup young pumpkin leaves, roughly chopped

Method

– Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
– Place the tomatoes in a roasting tray, drizzle with olive oil and the KNORR Spaghetti Bolognaise Dry Cook In Sauce and roast for 20 minutes or until caramelised.
– In the meantime, bring a large pot of salted water to the boil.
– Boil the rigatoni in the water for 8-10 minutes or until just tender. Drain and drizzle with olive oil.
– Transfer the roasted tomatoes to a saucepan, bring to the boil and add the pumpkin leaves.
– Simmer for 5 minutes.
– Toss the rigatoni pasta in the sauce and serve.

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon. – Tom Stoppard

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