15 Of The Best Pasta Kits To Try
Sasha Pasta
Sasha Pasta is a handmade nationwide pasta delivery concept with a weekly changing menu from one-woman operation Sasha, who started the company when she was furloughed last year. With a national lockdown looming, she bought herself a pasta machine and started making dough. Sasha spent months researching, making and mastering the art of creating pasta from scratch before setting up the company, with the pasta being made each morning from her Islington kitchen. Sasha Pasta offers three choices on each weekly changing menu available for groups of two, four or six. Highlights include salami, olive and rose harissa tagliatelle; nduja and mozzarella ravioli with a chilli crumb; and mushroom ragu cavalettti.
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Nonna Tonda
In 2017, James and Rebecca packed up their possessions and six-month-old son and went on a tour of Italy to learn the authentic way to make fresh pasta. Now the pair deliver fresh pasta and homemade sauces across the UK. Made each morning, the pasta is as fresh as possible. Each dish includes pasta, homemade sauce and fresh parmesan and can be prepared and ready to eat in under five minutes. Sign up, and each week you’ll receive a pasta dish for two, four or six people. And if you’re not home, it can be dropped through the letterbox. We like the sound of reginette with san marzano tomato, fire roasted peppers and basil.
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Officina 00
Old Street restaurant Officina 00 launched its finish-at-home kits in November. The sets provide cooks with everything needed to recreate a number of the restaurant’s signature dishes at home. All dishes – including its popular pumpkin gnocchi with brown butter, sage and gorgonzola – come in a neat package with simple cooking instructions of how to bring the meal together yourself. Delivery is available Wednesday-Sunday from 12-9pm and unlike many other restaurant kits, kits are available on demand, so should you decide at lunch that you fancy pasta for dinner, the boxes will be with you just in time.
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La Tua Pasta
La Tua Pasta normally supplies world-renowned restaurants including Claridge’s and The Dorchester. Now the luxe supplier sells directly to customers, and claims to have the widest selection of fresh and filled pasta in the UK, all made in house at its pastificio using the finest ingredients – think tortelloni with fresh asparagus and ricotta. The family business can send out supper boxes for two, family boxes and one-offs from its a la carte offering. During the pandemic, La Tua Pasta has committed to providing 10,000 meals to the NHS as part of their response to Covid-19, and also offer NHS workers a 50% discount for their online shop.
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Pasta Remoli
Pasta Remoli offers a selection of fresh handmade pasta and signature sauces, as well as meal kits and Italian treats, delivered straight to front doors across London. Alongside a host of handmade pasta shapes and homemade Italian sauces, owner Simone has also devised four boxes. For those looking to refine their pasta making skills, the ‘Make Your Own Pasta Kit’ includes all the ingredients needed to make Pasta Remoli’s signature homemade fresh pasta. There’s also the ‘Lasagne Box’; ‘Carbonara Box’; and the ‘Truffle Box’ for those looking for something more indulgent. This box includes Simone’s signature truffle ravioli, creamy mushroom sauce, 24-month aged Vacca Rossa parmesan, white truffle oil and fresh tagliatelle.
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Pasta Evangelists
Every week, Pasta Evangelists releases a new menu of 15 dishes, each designed to bring a taste of Italy into British kitchens. Arriving straight to customers' homes, each box includes fresh handmade pasta, an authentic Italian sauce, garnishes and instructions on how to prepare the dish in minutes. Choose from popular dishes such as wild boar and red wine ragu; wild mushroom ravioli; and cacio e pepe. This month, the team is offering new customers a free Aperol spritz kit with their first order.
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Café Murano
Angela Hartnett’s Café Murano Bermondsey team launched its pasta delivery set-up, complete with an online Italian grocery, last year. Customers can order ready-made meals such as family-sized lasagne, risotto kits, spinach and ricotta tortelli, and tagliatelle with sausage ragu, plus mix-and-match fresh pastas and sauces. Meanwhile, the small grocery section sells fresh vegetables, deli items, dried pastas and flours, wines and cheeses to cook with at home.
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Passo To Go
Shoreditch-based Passo specialises in rustic, authentic Italian food. To help customers enjoy a taste of la dolce vita in the middle of a pandemic, the restaurant has launched a delivery service. Passo To Go delivers make-your-own pizza kits, fresh pasta and sauce duos, as well as drinks, direct to your door, nationwide. Of the pasta selection, our favourites so far have included the ‘Amatriciana’ (pork cheek, garlic, chilli, fresh tomato and basil); and pork mince cooked in milk, seasoned with black pepper, chilli flakes, sage and bay leaf.
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River Café
Hammersmith’s River Café was owned and run by chefs Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray until Gray's death in 2010; since then, Rogers has been the sole owner and still runs the much-loved restaurant today. Since opening in 1987, the Thames-side restaurant has retained a Michelin star, training up the likes of Theo Randall, April Bloomfield, Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall along the way. Current mix-and-match pastas and sauces on offer include cavolo nero and pine nut sauce, cime de rapa and black olive sauce, and authentic bags of orechietti, plus charcuterie and extra such as Devon crab and bottles of Italian wine.
Visit ShopTheRiverCafe.co.uk
Napoli Gang
Big Mamma – the group behind Gloria and Circolo Popolare – has an at-home delivery service bringing fresh Italian fare direct to your door. Look out for antipasti such as prosciutto, burrata and mortadella, plus crispy pizzas loaded high with fresh produce, as well as tiramisu and gelato. When it comes to pasta, its huge lasagne and conchiglie gratin with parmigiano, fresh truffle, black truffle cream, mascarpone and mushrooms are the things to order. All packaging is 100% recyclable and delivery is available via UberEats.
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Padella
Padella now sells its at-home pasta kits nationwide. Launched during the first lockdown, Padella’s make-at-home packs have been designed to be as simple and fast as possible to cook and assemble at home. Pasta is hand-rolled fresh each day and sauces, including its renowned eight-hour Dexter beef shin ragu, are simmered slowly to ensure maximum flavour. For those at home, it’s as easy as boiling some water for the pasta, reheating the sauces and combining. With delivery available from Tuesday-Friday, Padella’s kits offer a selection of some of its favourite dishes designed to be shared between two, including fettucine with Cobble Lane cured nduja, mascarpone and lemon; and pici with sausage, fennel, chilli and peppercorn ragu.
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Ekook
This fresh pasta delivery service promises to bring the simplicity of classic Italian pasta dishes direct through your letterbox. Fresh from the States, Ekook allows customers to choose from classic Roman dishes such as tonnarello cacio e pepe with black truffle; and rigatone alla gricia with artichokes and pecorino; or family favourites like tagliatelle bolognese with parmesan. Prices start at £5.90 for one portion and ordering is flexible with no minimum or maximum order. Inside your Ekook box you will find two QR codes: one will open into a video tutorial guiding you on how to best prepare and serve your pasta. The second provides a link to a playlist designed to enhance your dining experience.
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The Little Pasta Company
Launched in July, The Little Pasta Company is a small delivery-only business founded by husband-and-wife team Daniel and Anouska Webber-Quick. Daniel found himself with spare time after being made redundant from his job in luxury retail due to the pandemic and took the opportunity to create a business surrounding his lifetime love, Italian food. Now, The Little Pasta Company is providing homes all over the country with fresh handmade pasta from their Surrey kitchen. The menu includes a range of dishes for two and its bestselling date-night kits, which include extras such as Cobble Lane cured meat selections, Truffle Hunter black truffle oil, burrata and rocket salad and mixed grilled vegetable antipasti. Highlights include bucatini with butternut squash sauce and crispy sage; and tagliatelle with truffle butter.
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Lina Stores
Lina Stores has been providing groceries and Italian products to its local communities since 1944. With its doors closed to diners once again, the team is delivering a selection of some of its most popular deli products, including olive oil, dry pasta and tinned tomatoes. Delivery is also available when it comes to fresh pasta and accompanying sauces, via recipe kits that help Lina Store fans to recreate their favourite recipes at home. Of the current selection, we love the fresh artichoke and truffle ravioli, served with butter and parmigiano reggiano
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AYO
Originally a restaurant concept in Hackney Wick, which was delayed due to the pandemic, AYO’s Paul Murashe searched for what people really wanted in these trying times. The answer was a lasagne delivery service. Sourcing the very best ingredients, from rump steak via Hill and Szrok to three premium cheeses from Neal’s Yard Dairy, AYO offers homemade restaurant-quality dishes. A treat for two or more; the ‘Lockdown Lasagne’ features four-hour rump steak ragu, while meat-free fans can order aubergine parmigiana. Both dishes come with fresh salads and a molten chocolate chip dessert with ice-cream. The food delivery service comes ready to eat; simply heat and serve.
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