Quick and Easy Tomato Pasta Bake

Ingredients

Serves 1

1 tsp olive oil
1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed
2 tsp tomato purée
200g tinned chopped tomatoes
Pinch dried oregano
Salt and pepper
70g dried pasta such as rigatoni, penne or fusilli
25g cream cheese
15g parmesan or hard cheese, finely grated

Method

Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Heat the oil a saucepan over a medium-high heat, add the garlic and fry for a minute. Stir in the tomato purée, chopped tomatoes and oregano. Simmer gently for 7-8 minutes then remove from the heat and season to taste.

Meanwhile cook the pasta according to the pack instructions then drain, reserving a little of the cooking water. Tip the pasta, cream cheese and a little of the reserved cooking water into the pan of sauce, stir to combine then tip into an ovenproof dish. Scatter over the parmesan then bake for 15 minutes until golden brown and bubbling on top.