Ingredients

200g spaghetti
or linguine
1 red chilli
deseeded and finely chopped
2 shallots
finely chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
zest 1 lemon
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tsp caster sugar
300g tomato
diced
125g ball mozzarella or burrata
(see tip, below), torn into pieces
handful basil leaves
torn, to serve

Method
step 1
Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, put the chilli, shallots, oil, lemon zest, vinegar, sugar and tomatoes into a big mortar. If yours isn’t big enough, put it all in a bowl and just use the pestle in that. Add a good amount of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and bash everything together.

step 2
Drain the pasta and toss together with the tomato mixture and mozzarella. Scatter over the basil and serve immediately.