- 1 red onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 chilli
- 250g cherry vine tomatoes
- A handful of rosemary, leaves only
- 200g Brussels sprouts
- 80g black olives
- 200g penne
- 1 lemon
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1.
Peel the red onion and slice thinly. Peel the garlic cloves and crush or finely chop. Thinly slice the chilli on an angle (use half for a little less heat). Slice the cherry tomatoes in half. Pick the rosemary leaves and finely chop them. Roughly shred the sprouts and olives.
- 2.
Fill a large pan with boiling water and set on a high heat. Sprinkle in a generous pinch of salt. When the water has returned to the boil, add the penne and cook for 8 mins, till cooked but retaining a slight bite. Drain through a sieve or colander, retaining a mug of the cooking water.
- 3.
Meanwhile, pour 1 tbsp oil into a large frying pan and bring to a medium heat. Slide in the sliced onion, garlic, rosemary and chilli. Sprinkle in a little salt and pepper and fry for 2 mins, stirring occasionally.
- 4.
Stir the sprouts and olives into the onions and continue to cook for a further 2 mins. Add the cherry tomatoes and cook for 3-4 mins, stirring now and then, till slightly softened.
- 5.
The pasta should be cooked by now. Toss it into the vegetables in the frying pan along with the reserved cooking water. Stir well with a spoon, till the liquid thickens and coats the pasta. Squeeze in half of the lemon juice and drizzle in 1 tbsp oil. Have a taste, and add more salt and pepper if it needs it.
- 6.
Scoop the pasta onto plates and serve with wedges of the reserved lemon and a good crack of pepper.