Delicious and Simple Ricotta and Tomato Pasta Sauce
I just love this recipe! Mum used to make this for us when we were kids. It's apparently a traditional Roman dish, great for vegetarians and very easy and quick to whip up, an awesome dish with a real 'rustic' feel to it! The kids will love it! It is to be served on top of steaming, hot pasta...wholemeal pasta works quite well with this recipe too! Enjoy!
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INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 2cups fresh ricotta
- 1(400 g) can crushed tomatoes
- 1
- 3
- 1tablespoon tomato paste
- 2tablespoons freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 1teaspoon salt
- 1teaspoon coarse ground pepper
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 8leaves fresh basil
- 1
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DIRECTIONS
- Firstly, put on a large pot of salted water and bring to the boil, add pasta to water and cook until'al dente' approximately 8- 10 minutes.
- While pasta is on the go, finely dice your onion and crush your garlic.
- In a saucepan, put in the olive oil, when the oil is warm, add your garlic and onion and gently saute these until they are transparent.
- Add the ricotta to the pan, and stir through the onions and garlic well.
- At this stage, add your salt and pepper, parmesan, crushed tomatoes and tomato paste.
- Mix well and let simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- Drain pasta.
- Turn the ricotta sauce off from the heat, add your fresh basil leaves, roughly torn, into the sauce.
- Dish up some pasta into a bowl, put some of the ricotta sauce on top of the pasta, and finish off with some extra shavings of parmesan if desired.
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