Easy Party Pasta

Name: Easy Party Pasta
Yield: Serves Four to Five
Ingredients: oil or butter for frying; 225 g/8 oz mushrooms, sliced; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 4 large tomatoes, peeled and quartered; 4 slices ham, cut into thin strips; 75 g/3 oz Cheddar cheese, grated; chives or spring onion tops, chopped; chives or spring onion tops, chopped; 450 g/1 lb pasta shells or macaroni pieces, tagliatelle, etc.; 450 g/1 lb pasta shells or macaroni pieces, tagliatelle, etc.; 450 g/1 lb pasta shells or macaroni pieces, tagliatelle, etc.; 2 medium onions, finely sliced; oil or butter for frying

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Five

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Cooking for Friends

By Prue Leith

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb pasta shells or macaroni pieces, tagliatelle, etc.
2 medium

Main course
Pasta

Method

Cook the pasta according to the instructions on the packet, drain well and rinse off any excess starch in running hot water. Toss the cooked pasta in just enough oil or butter to stop it sticking together.

In a heavy frying pan gently cook the sliced onions in butter or oil until they are soft and transparent, then add the mushrooms and continue cooking for a further minute or two. Add