Pasta With Halloumi Pepper Sauce Food

PASTA WITH HALLOUMI PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (or 200 C).
• Slice the peppers into quarters, cutting out the seeds.
• Lay on a lightly oiled baking tray, skin side up.
• At the same time, rub the heads of garlic with a little olive oil and set on the tray with the peppers.
• Bake for 25 minutes.
• When you take the tray out of the oven, cover the peppers with clingfilm and leave to"sweat" for 10 minutes.
• This helps loosen the skin.
• Peel the peppers and place in a food processor.
• Now trim the stalk end off the garlic, cutting into the cloves.
• Squeeze the soft garlic into the food processor with the peppers.
• Add a squeeze of lemon juice, a couple tablespoons water, salt and pepper to taste.
• Blitz to a purée and, while the motor is running, add a couple tablespoons olive oil.
• Transfer the purée to a small saucepan.
• At the same time, start to cook the pasta.
• While the pasta is cooking, finish off the sauce.
• Chop the halloumi into chunks and stir into the sauce over a low heat until the pieces soften.
• Drain the pasta and toss with the ricotta and most of the basil.
• Pour the sauce over and garnish with the remaining basil.