Main Course
Pasta with Fresh Tomato Sauce
A sauce from fresh tomatoes in 15 minutes: the weeknight rescue.
- Vegetarian
- Prep
- 5 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Servings
- 4
Ingredients
How many servings?
- 3 l water
- 2 tsp salt
- 400 g pasta
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 tomato
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried basil
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- 50 g kashar cheese
Method
- Bring the water to the boil, add most of the salt and cook the pasta for the time on the packet.
- Meanwhile thinly slice the garlic and grate the tomatoes and the cheese.
- Heat the olive oil in a pan and cook the garlic for 1 minute; add the tomatoes, basil, pepper flakes and the rest of the salt and cook for 8 minutes until thick.
- Reserve a little pasta cooking water before draining. Toss the drained pasta with the sauce, adding a splash of the reserved water if needed. Sprinkle with grated cheese and serve.