Quick, Easy, Creamy, Tomato Pasta Sauce
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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3
ingredients
- 1 can tomato paste, mixed with about
- 2 -3 tablespoons water
- 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 -5 tablespoons cream
- 1 -2 clove crushed garlic
- fresh ground black pepper
- chopped fresh basil or other fresh herb
directions
- Heat a saute pan on medium heat.
- Pour in the olive oil.
- Stir the tomato paste gently into the oil.
- It may not completely mix just yet.
- (Don't get the heat too high).
- Add the cream and stir into the tomato mixture.
- Heat it gently so that it almost starts to simmer.
- At this point it is done.
- Add the crushed garlic and fresh ground pepper.
- Serve immediately over or in your pasta, and garnish with lots of fresh chopped basil.
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Reviews
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As LL Bunny said, very simple, very fresh, very fast. Followed the recipe to the letter, with one SMALL exception of using dried basil (it IS January!) but I added it at the beginning so the flavor could come through. Definitely stick with 1-2 cloves of garlic! I am usually very generous with it, but since it was fresh and added at the end I decided to be cautious - good thing. It added a nice bite (very pleasant) to the sauce. I could see this being an easy sauce to teach the children. I will definitely make this again. I always have these ingredients on hand and it's fast going. Husband loved this - said it was great, and would be good over canneloni, as well.
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The first time I made this I used Greek yoghurt instead of cream, parsley instead of basil and was generous with the garlic. More is not better however as the raw garlic really does have a bite. The second time I used cream which gives it a softer edge, used only one clove of garlic which was perfect and used a little bush tomato sauce to replace the water and a little tomato puree. As a result I am upgrading my 4 stars to a 5 stars. In fact if I could add another star I would. My toddler loved this latest version. And seeing that smiling face covered in pasta sauce made me very happy indeed as she is going through a picky phase. It may be a very simple, very quick recipe but it is much more complex than you think. A keeper and one to play around with.
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The first time I made this I used Greek yoghurt instead of cream, parsley instead of basil and was generous with the garlic. More is not better however as the raw garlic really does have a bite. The second time I used cream which gives it a softer edge, used only one clove of garlic which was perfect and used a little bush tomato sauce to replace the water and a little tomato puree. As a result I am upgrading my 4 stars to a 5 stars. In fact if I could add another star I would. My toddler loved this latest version. And seeing that smiling face covered in pasta sauce made me very happy indeed as she is going through a picky phase. It may be a very simple, very quick recipe but it is much more complex than you think. A keeper and one to play around with.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jangomango
Australia