11 comforting pasta recipes to add to your dinner rota

There are few things as comforting as a heaping bowl of pasta.

An incredibly versatile ingredient, the humble pasta is a vehicle for all kinds of flavour combinations, and there really is a recipe out there for anyone.

From luscious, creamy chicken alfredo to zingy tomato pasta and a speedy 10-minute recipes, here's some of our favourite pasta dishes at the moment.

Proper tomato penne pasta

Poppy O'Toole's chicken pesto pasta slow cooker recipe

Martha's one pan assassins pasta

Mark Moriarty's spaghetti with shellfish, chilli and garlic

Pasta with butter

Beef ragu lasagne

Max Bagaglini's pasta con provola & patate

Donal's spiced meatballs, tomato butter sauce and fresh pasta

One pot chicken & mushroom pasta

Spaghetti with bacon, garlic & chilli

Kevin Aherne's zesty chicken alfredo