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Simple Spaghetti & Tomato sauce

An easy supper of spaghetti & tomato sauce
Course Main
Cuisine Italian
Keyword easy dinner, Spaghetti
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 22 minutes
Servings 3
Calories 457kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil / or Fry Light for SW
  • 2-3 Cloves garlic chopped finely
  • 1 1/2 Punnet’s Cherry tomatoes halved (baby plum best as they are sweeter)
  • chilli flakes or chilli oil
  • Squeeze Tomato purée
  • 4 tablespoons Pasta cooking water
  • 300 g - 400g Fresh or dried Spaghetti cooked weight
  • Fresh basil leaves - torn

Instructions

  • Cook your spaghetti according to on pack instructions 
  • Fry the chopped garlic in the olive oil.
  • After a couple of minutes add the halved cherry tomatoes and continue cooking until the tomatoes begin to soften, season well.
  • Add chilli oil or dried chilli (anything works) and continue to cook.
  • At this point add 4 Tablespoons of the pasta boiling water and a squeeze of tomato purée, cook for another few minutes, have a taste, sometimes I add a pinch of sugar if tomatoes not sweet enough
  • Stir in some torn basil leaves
  • Add the spaghetti mix well and serve with Parmesan… deliciously simple

Nutrition

Calories: 457kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 13g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Sodium: 15mg | Potassium: 286mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 84IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 2mg