You’re hungry, but time is short. You need some quick, easy and simple pasta recipes. And you need them pronto. There’s a tried-and-true puttanesca, quick and easy pasta recipes with shellfish (try Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga, or the risoni with mussels), and if you’re ever stuck for ideas, the pantry-raider ten-minute spaghetti with olives, capers and lemon will sort you out. Set the timer. Dinner’s on the way.

Spaghetti with “no cook” tomato-chilli sauce

Penne with broccoli and pancetta pangrattato

Casarecce with spring vegetables and pancetta

Linguine with goat’s cheese and caramelised leek
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Strozzapreti with sausage, radicchio and sage

A cheat’s recipe for spinach and ricotta ravioli

Polpetti with roasted tomato sauce and pappardelle

Fast pasta e fagioli recipe (ditali and beans with pancetta)

Orecchiette with cavolo nero and porcini

Orecchiette with cauliflower and walnut brown-butter pesto

Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga

Spelt spaghetti with zucchini and cavolo nero-almond sauce

Rigatoni with chicken ragù and green sauce

Rigatoni with mushrooms pecorino and herb crumbs

Spaghettini with calamari, rosemary and lemon

Casarecce with pork sausage, cavolo nero and chilli

Conchiglie rigate with corn, anchovy and mint

Penne with prawns and fra diavolo sauce

Casarecce with mixed mushrooms and thyme
