Creamy, Spicy Rotini and Red Lentils with Tomatoes and Goat Cheese

Name: Creamy, Spicy Rotini and Red Lentils with Tomatoes and Goat Cheese
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 8 ounces, cherry tomatoes, halved; ½ teaspoon, sugar; ⅛ teaspoon plus ¾ teaspoon, table salt, plus salt for cooking pasta; 1 tablespoon, extra-virgin olive oil; 6 , scallions, white parts sliced thin, green parts sliced thin on bias; 2 teaspoons, minced garlic; ¼–½ teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon, tomato paste; ½ cup, red lentils, picked over and rinsed; ¼ teaspoon, pepper; 8 ounces, rotini; 4 ounces (1 cup), goat cheese, crumbled

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2023

This weeknight combo is easy, protein-packed—and not at all predictable.

SERVES4

TIME40 minutes

Creamy, Spicy Rotini and Red Lentils with Tomatoes and Goat Cheese

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Pasta and legumes are economical, nutritious comfort in a bowl. In this recipe, we boil the pasta in a small volume of water, which leaves the water extra-starchy and thus ideal for building a creamy, full-bodied (but light) sauce. After on...

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