If you don’t have any vegetarian mince handy for a quick pasta, don’t fret!  Head to your freezer and grab a couple of frozen vegetarian hamburgers!

This dish could easily be an alternative to the classic meatball dish, just defrost the burgers and tear them up into little bite size pieces.  Mix in some fresh basil and you have a delicious summer pasta.

Makes:

• 3 plates

Ingredients:

• 2 hamburgers, defrosted and torn
• handful basil, torn
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 2 tbs Kraft pourover cheese
• 1 tbs pepper / capsicum pure
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 1 tsp garlic mince
• 0.25 can tomato juice
• cracked pepper
• 3 serves rigatoni, cooked
• 2 tbs parmesan, grated

Instructions:

1. Brown your onions in a pan with the oil.
2. Place in the burgers and brown off each side.
3. Mix in the garlic, pepper paste, tomato juice and pourover cheese.
4. Toss in the pasta and basil and turn off the heat.  Allow the basil to wilt.
5. Mix in the parmesan and cracked pepper before serving.