Ingredients

• 200g-7oz Penne pasta
• Half a brown onion
• 1 zucchini
• 2 garlic cloves
• Half a red chili
• 4 anchovies
• 50g - 2oz Salami slices
• 2 tbs Mascarpone cheese (room temperature)
• Half cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 250g - 9oz cherry Roma tomatoes
• A few leaves of fresh basil
• 5 tbs olive oil
• 1 tsp Italian dried herbs

Steps

• Step 1

  Boil a large pot of water, add salt once boiling enough to taste like sea water.

• Step 2

  Cut the peeled onion in half and finely slice.

• Step 3

  Finely slice in lengths the anchovies

• Step 4

  Once water boils, add your pasta (read pack for cooking times) and mix well.

• Step 5

  Slice the chili in half, scrape out the seeds and finely slice widthwise.

• Step 6

  Slice the tomatoes in half and set aside.

• Step 7

  Pile the slices of salami together and slice into thin fine strips.

• Step 8

  Trim the ends off zucchini and slice into battonnet (blocks) about the length of the pasta.

• Step 9

  Add olive oil to a hot frying pan and gently fry the zucchini until they have just a touch of colour.

• Step 10

  Add the sliced onion.

• Step 11

  Add the chili.

• Step 12

  Add the crushed garlic.

• Step 13

  Add the anchovies.

• Step 14

  Season with pepper (salt optional as anchovies and cheese are already very salty)

• Step 15

  Add salami.

• Step 16

  Add the tomatoes.

• Step 17

  Add a few shakes of Italian mixed herbs (usually made of oregano, basil, thyme, rosemary, sage, parsley).

• Step 18

  Add the pasta (if cooked al dente) to your frying pan and toss well to coat the pasta.

• Step 19

  Add the grated Parmesan cheese.

• Step 20

  Add half a cup of pasta water.

• Step 21

  Drizzle a little olive oil.

• Step 22

  Serve on plate with torn fresh basil leaves.

• Step 23

  And top with a spoon of room temperature Mascarpone cheese.

Little Tips

Always cook pasta al dente. (should be slightly firm when you bite into it).
Adding the salt to the water after it boils speeds up the boiling process and won't affect the flavour.
Always heat up your plates before serving as pasta cools down fast.