600 calorie meal 2 - Tomato & mascarpone with wholemeal Penne

My second 600 calorie meal was made using up ingredients from last night's food, with the exception of the pasta. As I previously mentioned food is not cheap, as a family I couldn't afford to be spending ridiculous money on 1 meal recipes the house hold waste would surge. In a very geeky definitely a true foody way I find it nice and  envigorating to experiment and create a recipe which you can use again and again but something which is nutritious healthy and new. 2 things which excite me when cooking is creating that dish which pleases, whether it's me or a colleague better yet a family member or a customer it's very rewarding to know you have made them feel good if not great with 6 or 7 ingredients. Secondly I love making something my own even if it's a variation of a recipe to make it your own and from scratch is unique.

This dish is a both a variation but also unique the sauce I used just like my puff pastry dish last night the sauce contains tomato basil and the kick of olives and anchovies giving the rough bitty texture but yet elegant salty taste.

 

This meal is not just tasty and healthy weighing in at 557Kcal it is also speedy. 10 mins top to toe.

 

90g Wholemeal Penne   215 kcal
3 slices of Pancetta        135 kcal
90g Spinach                     24 kcal
3 slices of Pepperoni        60 kcal
30g Mascarpone               73 kcal
40g Puttanesca sauce        50 kcal
                                        557 kcal

 

So.....get a small pan on the go with cold water small pinch of salt and rapid boil. Once boiling add the pasta stir occasionally, in a frying pan high heat flash fry the Pancetta until crispy, no additional oil the natural fat in Pancetta will lubricate the pan enough. Place on to kitchen roll to absorb the fat, next add the Pepperoni the oils infused in the meat will aide cooking itself with out any other fats required. Once crispy add to kitchen roll and soak up the fat. Carefully wipe out the frying pan with a piece of kitchen roll and return to a gentle heat. Roughly chop the meats into pieces, add the Mascarpone and the Puttanesca and stir in together they will combine into a beautiful smooth paste. Drain the pasta into a collandar and set aside, add the meats back to the pan and add the spinach, spinach will wilt quickly so work quickly and add the pasta back to the pan and stir/toss together and serve immediately.

Due to the olives added anchovies no additional seasoning required so tuck in.