Tomato Penne Pasta

Craving some authentic Italian-style pasta?

Ingredients

• 350 gm pasta penne
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 5 cloves chopped garlic
• 1 kilograms blanched & peeled,chopped tomato
• 1 tablespoon tomato ketchup
• 5 leaves basil
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 2 chopped dry red chili
• 1 tablespoon white wine
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• salt as required

Instructions

1. Step 1 Prepare the sauce
2. Heat oil in a pan, add butter and once it starts to foam, add garlic. Stir well. Add red chillies followed by thyme. Stir to mix well. Cook for a minute or two and then add white wine. Let it come to a boil.
3. Step 2 Tip in tomatoes and cook pasta
4. Now, add tomatoes and stir to mix everything well. Let it come to a boil and then reduce the gas flame. Let it simmer for 15-20 mins. Stir occasionally. Meanwhile, cook the pasta by adding salt, pasta, and water to a pan. Cook for 10 mins or as directed in the packet. Drain the pasta and reserve the pasta water.
5. Step 3 Season your sauce
6. Once your tomato sauce is ready, season it with salt and pepper followed by tomato ketchup and basil leaves. Now, Cook for about 3-5 mins and then add sugar. Stir to combine everything well.
7. Step 4 Mix pasta and sauce
8. Add cooked pasta to the tomato sauce. Stir to mix everything well. make sure the pasta gets coated well with the sauce. Add 2 tbsp of pasta water. Now, cook it for about 2-3 mins and then switch off the gas flame.
9. Step 5 Your Tomato Pasta is ready