Choose your meals from the Pasta Evangelists weekly menu made with the finest seasonal ingredients and produce from Italy. London deliveries of chilled boxes of fresh pasta, sauces & garnishes are posted through letterboxes while orders to rest of the UK are sent in reusable insulated packaging. Prepare your artisanal, five-star pasta dishes in a matter of minutes with their simple recipe cards.
The team behind the London-based Pasta Evangelists believe fresh is best. Their founder, Alessandro, hails from Genova in the Italian region of Liguria, and was disappointed with the fresh pasta available in the UK, machine-made and a world away from the pasta of his youth, handmade by his nonna.
And so Pasta Evangelists was born to bring fresh, artisanal pasta of Italian quality to homes across the UK.
When they started Pasta Evangelists, they wanted to show that there is so much more to pasta than meets the eye. There’s a whole world of craftsmanship, centuries of artisanal tradition and, above all, some of Italy’s finest dishes to be tasted and savoured.
Each week they craft a new menu inspired by the finest Italian produce. Simply pre-order what takes your fancy and it’ll arrive in a box with all the sauces and garnishes you’ll need to create a five-star Italian meal at home within minutes.
If you live in London, your delivery arrives through your letterbox in a chilled box. If you live outside London, your delivery comes in a Pasta Evangelists box with Woolcool insulation and ice packs. You can send the box, packaging, insulation and ice packs back to them too, to be reused. Anything that can’t be reused will be recycled responsibly.
They recently sent me one of their Pasta Feasting Boxes featuring two delicious meals – Rotolo di pasta spinach & ricotta with a tomato sauce and pappardelle with a Venetian duck ragu and Parmesan. The components for each dish are colour coded along simple recipe cards featuring some history and background information.
Pasta Evangelists – Rotolo di pasta spinach & ricotta
Rotolo di pasta ripieno may be one of Italy’s less obvious pasta dishes, but it can be a real show-stopper. Hailing from the region of Emilia-Romangna, arguably the home of fresh pasta, this dish consists of a sheet of pasta covered with filling and rolled up to form a roulade, or Rotolo, then cut and served in slices.
The Pasta Evangelists Rotolo, which literally translates as ‘scroll’ or ‘coil’, in Italian, in a nod to it unusual, complex shape, is hand-filled with green spinach grown in the fields of Toscana, as well as creamy ricotta cheese.
To prepare this dish, you simply pre-heat a baking tray in the oven, pour over the contents of a sachet of tomato sauce over the contents of the foil tray and bake for 12-15 minutes until piping hot. Serve with plenty of Parmesan cheese and enjoy!
Pasta Evangelists – pappardelle with a Venetian duck ragù and Parmesan
In Italy, the origin of the ragù in this dish is disputed. Some believe that duck was first used in the 16th century by Catherine de’Medici who, thanks to her mixed Italian and French heritage, was said to be open to culinary adventurism. Tuscany’s River Arno was home to plenty of birds, and so her idea, it is rumoured, was to make a ragù out of them.
Duck ragù today, however, is a quintessential dish of the Venezia, and one of the few meat dishes of a region famed for its seafood. Duck legs are the most flavourful part of the bird and have a deeper, richer flavour than the breast meat. Like any good ragù, this version is a labour of love: after gently searing the meat to lock in the flavour, the Pasta Evangelist chefs slow cook it for hours with aromatics including rosemary to enhance the gaminess of the duck.
The ragù is served over nests of homemade pappardelle and topped with Parmesan cheese. To prepare it, simply cook the pasta for a few minutes in boiling, salted water, heat the sachet of ragù sauce, adding a spoonful of the pasta cooking water, mix and serve!
Pasta Evangelists – Our Review
Personally, I think that this subscription box service is an absolutely fabulous idea. It would be ideal for London city-dwellers as a healthier, tastier alternative than ordering in fast-food takeouts on those days where you’re just too busy (or uninclined) to cook.
I found the colour coded components of each dish easy to assemble, and the recipe cards were very easy to follow too.
Prices range from £6 – £12, comparable to what you would pay in a restaurant for a five-star artisanal meal. Delivery for a one-off box is £2.50, but if you subscribe you get free delivery.
In order to keep the pasta and ingredients fresh and chilled outside of London, there is an awfully lot of packaging. Fortunately, you can send this back to them to be re-used. Ideally, I’d like to see Pasta Evangelists switch to a non-plastic biodegradable option for each of the ingredients too, but if you were to buy the ingredients yourself at the supermarket there would be just as much waste, I think.
Each week there is a fantastic range of dishes to choose from for all diets. Visit the Pasta Evangelists website to find out more!
Use the exclusive discount code KITCHENDIARY10 for £10 off your first order!!
Pasta Evangelists – PASTA FEAST BOX GIVEAWAY
Pasta Evangelists have very kindly offered one of my UK mainland readers the opportunity to win a pasta feast box with two meals of the winners choice for the corresponding week. This prize has a value up to £24 (depending on what you pick!). To enter, visit the Pasta Evangelists website, pick out which two meals you’d like in your feast box from the menu starting the week of the 25th of June and simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below!
TERMS & CONDITIONS
This giveaway is open to UK mainland entries only. Entrants must be age 18 or over. The winner will need to respond within 28 days of being contacted; failure to do this may result in another winner being selected.
The prize is offered and provided by Pasta Evangelists. The prize is to win a Pasta Evangelists Feast Box with two meals. There is no cash alternative and the prize is not transferable.
There is no entry fee and no purchase is necessary to enter this giveaway.
The promoter (Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary) reserves the right to cancel or amend the giveaway and these terms and conditions without notice.
Entry into our giveaways will be deemed as acceptance of these terms and conditions.
If you need some help using Rafflecopter, here’s a quick clip to show you how. Rafflecopter will pick the winner at random from all the entries received. I will be verifying entries.
Closing date is midnight (that’s 00:00 hours, 12 am on Sunday night/Monday morning) on Monday 25 June 2018 (GMT). The winner will be announced afterwards.
This is not a paid post. Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary was sent a Pasta Evangelists Feast Box for review purposes.
Young’s Fakeaway: Classic Fish & Chips with Twice-Cooked Chips & Mushy Peas
Look like a sound amazing! I’d choose the Crab Tortelloni with Crustacean Bisque & Samphire and Chocolate-Filled Gnocchi Donuts with Toasted Pecans because I don’t think I could resist either!
Pulled pork ragu and the tomato and mozzarella filled gnocchi as they both sound delicious.
I’d go for the Crab Totelloni with crustacean bisque & samphire and the Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragu, Pecorino and Pecorino Foam. Both sound like absolute HEAVEN to meet – I could eat pasta all day every day but its got to the be good stuff. I went to Sardinia recently and had amazing food… and filled my suitcase with lots of food souvenirs!
They all look and sound amazing! I’d choose the Crab Tortelloni with Crustacean Bisque & Samphire and Chocolate-Filled Gnocchi Donuts with Toasted Pecans because I don’t think I could resist either!
The STRASCINATI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE RAGÙ, PECORINO & PECORINO FOAM and the BEEF & TRUFFLE TORTELLONI WITH SAGE BUTTER & TARALLI CRUMB Sound absolutely amazing!!.
lobster, Crab and Prawn Ravioli and Sausage Ragù & Pecorino Cream both sound lovely 🙂
STRASCINATI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE RAGÙ, PECORINO & PECORINO FOAM (GF. AVAIL.) ; BEEF & TRUFFLE TORTELLONI WITH SAGE BUTTER & TARALLI CRUMB
HANDMADE SPAGHETTI WITH NONNA’S BEEF MEATBALLS & PARMESAN and Pulled Pork Ragù with Pappardelle, BBQ Bacon Crumb & Parmesan , because I need the carbs and these look so yummy x
well I’m feeling very hungry now after reading this.
I would choose the Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb because it sound similar to my favorite dish at the Italian restaurant we go to for special occasions. I’d also pick the Artisan Paccheri all’Arrabbiata with Parmesan because it’s something my 7 year would enjoy as well.
I really love ragu so I would go with the two ragu dishes, duck and lamb.
I would love to try Bucatini all’Amatriciana with Pancetta & Pecorino and Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter
ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ because I love lamb and sounds lovely with pasta and ARTISAN PACCHERI ALL’ARRABBIATA WITH PARMESAN huge parmesan fan
Handmade spaghetti with nonna’s meatballs then the chocolate gnocchi donuts. Both sound yummy.
LOBSTER, CRAB & PRAWN RAVIOLI WITH PARSLEY BUTTER & GRISSINI CRUMB- because I absolutely love lobster! The parsley butter and crumb just sounds amazing.
STRASCINATI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE RAGÙ, PECORINO & PECORINO FOAM – this because I absolutely love Italian sausage and I’m intrigued by the pecorino foam ❤️
PULLED PORK RAGÙ WITH PAPPARDELLE, BBQ BACON CRUMB & PARMESAN (G CHOCOLATE-FILLED GNOCCHI DONUTS WITH TOASTED PECANS
I would love to try the lobster, Crab and Prawn Ravioli
I’d love to try LOBSTER, CRAB & PRAWN RAVIOLI WITH PARSLEY BUTTER & GRISSINI CRUMB and the Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam (gf. avail.)
I’d love to try the Tortellini and also the Lobster, Crab and Prawn Ravioli. Both sounds delicious!
I’d have the Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Taralli Crumb and the Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb as they both include flavours I love but rarely have.
Loving the sound of the pulled pork ragu and pappardelle with slow cooked lamb ragu. Amazing!! Great competition thanks for the chance to win.
The Tortellini & Bucatini sound amazing
LOBSETER TORTELLONI WITH DATTERINI TOMATO SAUCE AND SAMPHIRE and WILD BOAR RAGU WITH PAPPARDELLE AND SALTED RICOTTA.
I would like to try something different and not tried anything like these two dishes before so think they would be my pick and what a great idea.
Rotolo di pasta ripieno because it looks delicious and I would never make it and and Chestnut-Infused Pumpkin Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Hazelnuts for the same reason.
Lobster,crab and prawn ravioli only because my 3 boys won’t eat sea food so a real treat for Mr E and I, also the beef with truffle that we would all eat !!
I would love to try the lobster, Crab and Prawn Ravioli as I adore seafood and the artisan pappardelle with slow cooked lamb ragu sounds delicious
I’m a huge fan of Mac and cheese so would love to try the gourmet version, and the artisan pappardelle with slow cooked lamb Ragu.
I would choose Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Taralli Crumb, and Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb x
I would like to try the Lasagne Di Zucchine and the Lobster, crab and Prawn Ravioli as Love lasagne and prawns
I’d love to try the Tortellini and the Lobster, Crab and Prawn Ravioli – its hard to choose though as I love Pasta and these dishes all sound amazing!
My first choice would be Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb, because I love seafood pasta *thumbs up!*
My second choice would be a toss up between Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Taralli Crumb (because I’ve heard so much about truffle and would like to try a truffle dish) or Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam (because of the yummy Italian sausage, plus I haven’t tried strascinati pasta before).
It all sounds so tantalisingly tasty!
They all look scrummy but I’d pick Pulled Pork Ragù with Pappardelle, BBQ Bacon Crumb & Parmesan andBucatini all’Amatriciana with Pancetta & Pecorino
Oh man they all look delicious so it’s hard to choose just two!! But I’d have to go for… the STRASCINATI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE RAGÙ, PECORINO & PECORINO FOAM and the LOBSTER, CRAB & PRAWN RAVIOLI WITH PARSLEY BUTTER & GRISSINI CRUMB… Wow!!!
The Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam and Bucatini all’Amatriciana with Pancetta & Pecorino sound nice flavours together that I would like to try
LOBSTER, CRAB & PRAWN RAVIOLI WITH PARSLEY BUTTER & GRISSINI CRUMB because it’s something I wouldn’t normally try and the BUCATINI ALL’AMATRICIANA WITH PANCETTA & PECORINO just because it sounds amazing!
I would choose the PULLED PORK RAGÙ WITH PAPPARDELLE, BBQ BACON CRUMB & PARMESAN & Chocolate-Filled Gnocchi Donuts with Toasted Pecans because I love pulled pork and who doesn’t love chocolate ! .xx
I would like Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb +BLACK TRUFFLE & PECORINO TRIANGOLI WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS. Because I love Seafood with pasta and also have never tried BLACK TRUFFLEs and would love too
Pappardelle with a ventian duck ragu and parmesan sounds worth a try, not something I’ve ever had before, but it does sound good, shame that won’t be a choice.
Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Taralli Crumb and Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam. Just because they look really really tasty, no impressive reason other than that.
Prawn & Crayfish Tortelloni with Pistachios and Garlic & Parsley Butter …….
Oh my! That sounds good… as well as this!
Gourmet Macaroni Cheese with Truffle & San Fran Sourdough Crumbs (v.)
The chestnut infused pumpkin tortellini and the pasta with Italian sausage ragu both sound heavenly. I’m hungry already!
I would choose the Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb and Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam
The pasta with lamb ragu is a favourite of ours and I would love to try the pasta with truffle and hazelnuts, sounds amazing.
These look amazing! I’d choose the Artisan Paccheri all’Arrabbiata with Parmesan and the Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb because I just love the look and sound of the first, and the Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb is something that I would never have in any other circumstance but looks amazing!
ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ would be my favourite and GNOCCHI FILLED WITH TOMATO & MOZZARELLA WITH SICILIAN TOMATO SAUCE would be my husbands choice
I would choose the Gourmet Macaroni Cheese with Truffle & San Fran Sourdough Crumbs and Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb – they both look delicious
Gnocchi Filled With Tomato & Mozzarella With Sicilian Tomato Sauce as i’ve always loved gnocchi since i went to italy and Bucatini and Tortellini as it sounds interesting
They all look amazing! My first choices would be the ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ (GF. AVAIL.) closely followed by the indulgent GOURMET MACARONI CHEESE WITH TRUFFLE & SAN FRAN SOURDOUGH.I’m drooling.
Rotolo di pasta spinach & ricotta with a tomato sauce sounds fantastic. I would choose this because I know I love it. I would also love to try Duch ragu because that is new to me and sounds delicious
Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam
Bucatini all’Amatriciana with Pancetta & Pecorino
The Lasagne Di Zucchine and the Lobster, crab and Prawn Ravioli sound heavenly (actually everything looks fantastic)
Chestnut infused Pumpkin Tortellini with Sage butter and Hazlenuts sounds yummy and unusual so I would definitely want that. Second choice would be the Lobster, Crab and Prawn Ravioli and that sounds like something a bit special and tasty.
ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ and GNOCCHI FILLED WITH TOMATO & MOZZARELLA WITH SICILIAN TOMATO SAUCE sound delicious
My mouth is watering already lol. I would choose Artisan Pappardelle with Slow-Cooked Lamb Ragù and Gnocchi Filled With Tomato & Mozzarella With Sicilian Tomato Sauce
The Tortellini & Bucatini
I’d love the Rotolo di pasta spinach & ricotta with a tomato sauce and pappardelle with a Venetian duck ragu and Parmesan, & the Tortellini
This is great. I wish we have an artisan pasta maker locally. I would definitely buy from them. Fresh pasta is just so good.
OMG they all look so delicious. I would choose Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb as the first dish and for the second Chestnut-Infused Pumpkin Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Hazelnuts
CHESTNUT-INFUSED PUMPKIN TORTELLONI WITH SAGE BUTTER & HAZELNUTS (V.) and LOBSTER, CRAB & PRAWN RAVIOLI WITH PARSLEY BUTTER & GRISSINI CRUMB. I just loved filled pasta! I can’t get enough of it. Everything tastes better when it’s inside pasta!
BLACK TRUFFLE & PECORINO TRIANGOLI WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS – never had truffles and ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ – lamb is my favourite meat
Gnocchifilled with tomato and mozerella and Artisanpachetra
Gnocchi i already love
Artisan pachetra sounds lush – new taste to please the palette
BLACK TRUFFLE & PECORINO TRIANGOLI WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS and ROTOLO DI PASTA SPINACH & RICOTTA look gorgeous!
Artisan Pappardelle with Slow-Cooked Lamb Ragù and Mafalde with Sausage Ragù & Pecorino Cream
The dishes all sound delicious!
I’ve been meaning to give these guys a try for a while now. Their dishes look amazing, I think I’d pick the gnocchi and the sausage ragu for my first box.
Katie xoxo
the slow cooked lamb and the tortellini x
Pulled Pork Ragù with Pappardelle and the Artisan Pappardelle with Slow-Cooked Lamb Ragù because they both sound delicious.
I would love the lobster, crab, prawn ravioli and the ARTISAN PACCHERI ALL’ARRABBIATA WITH PARMESAN
Oh wow, they all sound and look fantastic! I am completely torn over which I’d pick, but going to go for the LOBSTER, CRAB & PRAWN RAVIOLI WITH PARSLEY BUTTER & GRISSINI CRUMB and the Pulled Pork Ragù with Pappardelle, BBQ Bacon Crumb & Parmesan.
Amazing food ….. I would love the Black Truffle & Pecorino Triangoli with Toasted Hazelnuts and the Chestnut-Infused Pumpkin Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Hazelnuts…
i would like the GNOCCHI FILLED WITH TOMATO & MOZZARELLA WITH SICILIAN TOMATO SAUCE (V.) and the LASAGNE DI ZUCCHINE WITH HOMEMADE BASIL PESTO (V.) because i am vegetarian.
Gourmet Macaroni Cheese with Truffle & San Fran Sourdough Crumbs (v.) and Prawn & Crayfish Tortelloni with Pistachios and Garlic & Parsley Butter – these sound just gorgeous and such good prices
Love this idea…. shame they aren’t gluten free x
They do have gluten free options! In fact, a third of their menu (I’ve just been checking) is gluten free 🙂
Oh wow! I’m surprised!!! Thanks for the clarification xx
In that case, I would choose GF Orecchiette with Pistachio Pesto & Pistachio Crumb or Artisan Pappardelle with Slow-Cooked Lamb Ragù (GF) or Mafalde with Sausage Ragù & Pecorino Cream (GF) xxxxxxxxx
Pulled Pork Ragù with Pappardelle, BBQ Bacon Crumb & Parmesan
pulled pork ragu and pappadell with slow cooked lamb ragu both sound like heaven on a plate
I would choose the ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ as lamb goes well with pasta and lookslikes it is full of great flavours. I would also choose the BLACK TRUFFLE & PECORINO TRIANGOLI WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS as truffle with pasta is immense and will be interesting to try.
Love the sound of the Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Taralli Crumbi and the Strascinati with Italian Sausage Ragù, Pecorino & Pecorino Foam. Yummy
I’d choose the Black Truffle & Pecorino Triangoli with Toasted Hazelnuts and the Chestnut-Infused Pumpkin Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Hazelnuts…what a shame there’s not much choice for vegetarians, as our family is vegetarian
I love the taste of the tortellini and lamb ragu x
Pulled Pork Ragù with Pappardelle, BBQ Bacon Crumb & Parmesan because it looks and sounds so tasty and
Gourmet Macaroni Cheese with Truffle & San Fran Sourdough because I want to eat it now it looks so warming and comforting and I bet the taste is just that
firstly the Lobster, Crab & Prawn Ravioli with Parsley Butter & Grissini Crumb, because my partner states he hates fish (shellfish included) but he loves pasta and i think that might just win him over ! Secondly. the Beef & Truffle Tortelloni with Sage Butter & Taralli Crumb because that sounds yummy!
I will choose the ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ looks full of great flavours and also the
BLACK TRUFFLE & PECORINO TRIANGOLI WITH TOASTED HAZELNUTS as will love to indulge as I never tried truffles before
OMG this made me hungry lol
ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ AND ARTISAN PACCHERI ALL’ARRABBIATA WITH PARMESAN REMIND ME OF FOND MEMORIES OF ITALY.
ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ And tortellini
ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ and GNOCCHI FILLED WITH TOMATO & MOZZARELLA WITH SICILIAN TOMATO SAUCE because I love these dishes!
I would love the STRASCINATI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE RAGÙ, PECORINO & PECORINO FOAM it sounds unique and yummy and my second meal would be ARTISAN PACCHERI ALL’ARRABBIATA WITH PARMESAN because parmesan is my favourite!
Mafalde with Sausage Ragù & Pecorino Cream and ARTISAN PAPPARDELLE WITH SLOW-COOKED LAMB RAGÙ. Both look amazing !
Bucatini and Tortellini
Rotolo di pasta spinach & ricotta with a tomato sauce for me, i adore spinach, im sure my husband would love too try the duck one