Linguini with harissa and yoghurt
This is comfort food at its best, 15 minutes and you have a delicious, spicy creamy bowl of awesome.
Obviously great as a weekday lunch (or supper if you’re feeling extra lazy!), this can also be used as a side to a Mediterranean feast for guests, to beef up your otherwise boring noodles 🙂 I use smoked springbok at home, but use whatever smoked meat you can get your hands on – you don’t need much, it’s just a flavour. If you want to make it vegetarian, just leave it out, especially if your harissa is already quite smoky.
If you don’t have harissa or tahini on hand, they are easy to make, harissa here, and tahini recipe here.
Linguini with harissa and yoghurt
Easy, delicious and exciting 🙂
Ingredients
- Linguini As much as you feel like eating
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 carrot, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped
- 100g Smoked meat
- Olive oil
- 1 Tbsp Rose harissa
- 1-2 Tbsp Tomato paste
- 1/4 Cup Tahini
- 1/3-1/2 Cup Greek yoghurt
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Chuck the linguini in the microwave for 10 minutes in boiling salted water.
- Fry the carrots and onions on high heat, stirring constantly, until starting to brown and caramelize. Add the garlic, bacon/meat, harissa, tomato paste and fry for another 2 minutes. Add the tahini and the pasta back to the pan (pasta should be done by now, drain the water) and stir well to combine. Mix through the yoghurt, taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary. Serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.
2 COMMENTS
Okay so I made this with all I had on hand which means no carrots and no tahini (kitchen sins in my home, but hey its midweek…) and it STILL turned out insanely delish! I fried my onions and garlic in some fresh butter and right at the end I chucked in a handful of chopped parsley. What a freaking zinger!!! Will be making over and over again
Fantastic! So stoked you like it!