Hey everyone, it’s Clark, welcome to our recipe page. Today I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, Tomato Basil Pasta. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna really delicious.
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You can have Tomato Basil Pasta using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tomato Basil Pasta
- Prepare 1-2 tbsp of olive oil.
- You need 1 of medium onion.
- Take 1 bunch of fresh basil.
- You need 2 cloves of garlic.
- It’s 1 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.
- Take 9-10 of ripe tomatoes.
- Make ready 1 pinch of salt.
- Take of Black pepper.
- Make ready of Spaghetti.
- Prepare of Parmesan cheese.
First, cook the pasta until al dente.While the pasta is cooking, cut the tomatoes in half.Then, squeeze the tomatoes into a bowl until slightly mashed.Next, add the herbs, olive oil, garlic and vinegar to the same bow.
Tomato Basil Pasta instructions
- Mise En Place: Pick basil leaves- leave a few to garnish. Roughly chop the remaining leaves and save the stalks. Peel and finely slice the onion and garlic. Roughly chop the tomatoes..
- Put a saucepan on medium heat. Add 1 tbsp of olive oil & add the onion. Cook for around 7 minutes, or until soft and lightly golden. Stir in the garlic and basil stalks for a few minutes..
- Add the tomatoes and balsamic vinegar. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Continue to cook for around 15 minutes, stirring occasionally..
- Stir in chopped basil leaves. Reduce to low, leave to tick away. Meanwhile, bring pasta water to a boil and salt heavily. Add spaghetti and cook until al dente (box will specify minutes). Reserve a cup of pasta water; Drain pasta once finished..
- Add a splash of pasta water to the sauce if it’s too thick. Toss spaghetti in and use tongs to toss well..
- Serve with reserved basil leaves, Parmesan cheese, and an olive oil drizzle..
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Then, season the tomato mixture with salt and pepper and stir it in.Add the pasta to the sauce and cook over medium-high heat until all the liquid is absorbed and the pasta is al dente.If the sauce is over-reduced, use the pasta cooking liquid to adjust it.At the last moment, remove the pan from the heat; add the extra-virgin olive oil, butter, basil and cheese.Mix thoroughly until the pasta is an orangy color.
