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Creamy sundried-tomato pasta salad with roasted garlic and clotted cream

This simple pasta makes a great packed lunch, or throw it into the mix at your next picnic
Sundried tomato pasta

The team at Rodda’s in Cornwall share their recipe for creamy sundried-tomato pasta salad with roasted garlic and clotted cream

roddas.co.uk

Serves    8-10
  • Dried pasta 500g
  • Garlic bulb 1
  • Sundried tomatoes in oil 150g jar, chopped
  • Red onion ½, peeled and finely chopped
  • Flat-leaf parsley a handful, chopped
  • Basil leaves a handful
  • Rodda’s Cornish Clotted Cream 113g
  • Rocket to serve
  1. Cook the pasta following packet instructions until al dente.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C / gas 4.
  3. Chop the top off the garlic bulb to expose the cloves and place on a piece of tin foil. Pour 1 tbsp of the sundried-tomato oil over the garlic bulb and wrap in the foil to make a small parcel. Put the bulb in the oven to roast for 20 minutes.
  4. While the garlic is roasting, drain the pasta and place in a large bowl with the chopped onion, sundried tomatoes, herbs, clotted cream and 1 tbsp of the sundried-tomato oil. Mix well.
  5. Remove the garlic from the oven and squeeze the roasted cloves into the pasta and mix thoroughly. Season and allow to cool, then serve with a sprinkle of rocket.

You will need

  • Dried pasta 500g
  • Garlic bulb 1
  • Sundried tomatoes in oil 150g jar, chopped
  • Red onion ½, peeled and finely chopped
  • Flat-leaf parsley a handful, chopped
  • Basil leaves a handful
  • Rodda’s Cornish Clotted Cream 113g
  • Rocket to serve

Method

  1. Cook the pasta following packet instructions until al dente.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C / gas 4.
  3. Chop the top off the garlic bulb to expose the cloves and place on a piece of tin foil. Pour 1 tbsp of the sundried-tomato oil over the garlic bulb and wrap in the foil to make a small parcel. Put the bulb in the oven to roast for 20 minutes.
  4. While the garlic is roasting, drain the pasta and place in a large bowl with the chopped onion, sundried tomatoes, herbs, clotted cream and 1 tbsp of the sundried-tomato oil. Mix well.
  5. Remove the garlic from the oven and squeeze the roasted cloves into the pasta and mix thoroughly. Season and allow to cool, then serve with a sprinkle of rocket.

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  • Dried pasta 500g
  • Garlic bulb 1
  • Sundried tomatoes in oil 150g jar, chopped
  • Red onion ½, peeled and finely chopped
  • Flat-leaf parsley a handful, chopped
  • Basil leaves a handful
  • Rodda’s Cornish Clotted Cream 113g
  • Rocket to serve
  1. Cook the pasta following packet instructions until al dente.
  2. Preheat the oven to 180°C / gas 4.
  3. Chop the top off the garlic bulb to expose the cloves and place on a piece of tin foil. Pour 1 tbsp of the sundried-tomato oil over the garlic bulb and wrap in the foil to make a small parcel. Put the bulb in the oven to roast for 20 minutes.
  4. While the garlic is roasting, drain the pasta and place in a large bowl with the chopped onion, sundried tomatoes, herbs, clotted cream and 1 tbsp of the sundried-tomato oil. Mix well.
  5. Remove the garlic from the oven and squeeze the roasted cloves into the pasta and mix thoroughly. Season and allow to cool, then serve with a sprinkle of rocket.