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Spicy pasta soup recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling
  • 1 red onion, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely sliced
  • 800g can whole plum tomato
  • 1l vegetable stock
  • 100g broken spaghetti
  • 4 tbsp chopped pitted black olives
  • 2 tbsp chopped capers, drained and rinsed
  • large handful basil leaves, roughly torn, or 1 tbsp pesto

Method

  • Heat the oil in a large heavy-based saucepan. Add the onion and chilli, then cook for 10 mins until softened. Stir in the tomatoes, breaking up with a spoon as you go, then pour in the stock. Cover, bring to the boil, remove the lid, then simmer for 5 mins.

  • Add the spaghetti, then simmer for 6-8 mins until it is just cooked. Stir in the olives, capers and basil or pesto, then serve drizzled with olive oil.

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