Easy creamy pasta with tzatziki

I had this for dinner earlier this week. It's really a quick and easy dish, perfect for mid week dinner after a busy day at work.

I actually got the inspiration for this dish from the BBC Good Food website. I've used tzatziki as a pasta sauce before, yes it's a cheat as I use shop bought tzatziki, but doesn't mean it's any less delicious :) Tzarziki is a Greek yogurt sauce, with finely chopped cucumbers. It gives this dish a lovely tang and slight crunch from the cucumbers.

Rigatoni with tzatziki

Easy creamy pasta with tzatziki
(Serves 1 as a medium-large main)

Ingredients

75 grammes of rigatoni
1 tub of tzatziki (about 200 grammes)
1 large handful of frozen peas, cooked in boiling water for 1-2 minutes
About 50 grammes of cooking chorizo, sliced into 1/2 cm pieces
1 tablespoon of oil (I used vegetable oil, but olive oil would work fine too)

Method

1. Cook the rigatoni according to the instructions on the packet. Mine took about 10 minutes to cook.
2. While the pasta is cooking, we make the sauce. Heat the oil in a pan, and add the chorizo. Cook on medium heat. The chorizo will cook slowly, while releasing its oils. The oils gave a smoky flavour to this dish.
3. Then add the peas. Leave the heat on for about 1-2 minutes. 
4. Turn off the heat and add the cooked rigatoni. Reserve some of the cooking water.
5. Pour the tzatziki into the pan, and add a little of the pasta cooking water if the sauce looks too thick for your liking.
6. Serve!