Quick and Easy Tomato Pasta Recipe

2 Portions

Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Tomato Sauce:

• 3 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 1 can chopped plum tomatoes
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• maldon salt

Pasta:

• Fetuccini or pasta of your choice
• olive oil

To Serve:

• 1 packet of mozarella, diced
• 3 tbsp basil leaves, shredded
• 20g pine nuts toasted
• grated parmesan

Method:
Tomato Sauce: Place the olive oil in a large saucepan over a moderate-high heat. Add the onions to the pan and cook them for 3-5 minutes until transparent and soft. Stir in the garlic and cook for a further minute. Stir in the chopped tomatoes,tomato paste, dried oregano, chilli flakes (optional) and soy sauce. Leave the sauce to simmer steadily for 15 minutes, stirring it regularly.

Pasta: Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil with a little olive oil and a pinch of salt. Add the fettucini or pasta of your choice to the boiling water, cook the pasta for 5 minutes or until aldente (soft but with a bite). Drain the pasta and stir it into the hot sauce.

To Serve: Stir the basil into the pasta and distribute the pasta into two large bowls. Scatter the mozarella and pine nuts over the top. Serve the pasta with grated parmean.

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