by Hollie Newman
30/04/2013
Ingredients: -
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 fresh red chilli
• A bunch of fresh basil
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 400g dried spaghetti
• olive oil
• 1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes
• 100g Parmesan cheese
Method: -
• Peel and finely slice the garlic
• Finely slice your chilli (halve and deseed it first if you don’t want the sauce too hot)
• Pick the basil leaves off the stalks, put to one side and finely chop the stalks
• Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, add the spaghetti and cook according to the packet instructions
• Meanwhile, put another large pan on a medium heat and add 2 good lugs of olive oil
• Add the garlic, chilli and basil stalks and give them a stir
• When the garlic begins to brown slightly, add most of the basil leaves and the tinned tomatoes
• Turn the heat up high and stir for a minute
• Season with salt and pepper
• Drain the spaghetti in a colander, then transfer it to the pan of sauce and stir well
• Taste and add more salt and pepper if you think it needs it
• Divide the pasta between your bowls, or put it on the table in a large serving dish and let everyone help themselves
• Roughly tear over the remaining basil leaves and grate over some Parmesan
• Finely slice your chilli (halve and deseed it first if you don’t want the sauce too hot)
• Pick the basil leaves off the stalks, put to one side and finely chop the stalks
• Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil, add the spaghetti and cook according to the packet instructions
• Meanwhile, put another large pan on a medium heat and add 2 good lugs of olive oil
• Add the garlic, chilli and basil stalks and give them a stir
• When the garlic begins to brown slightly, add most of the basil leaves and the tinned tomatoes
• Turn the heat up high and stir for a minute
• Season with salt and pepper
• Drain the spaghetti in a colander, then transfer it to the pan of sauce and stir well
• Taste and add more salt and pepper if you think it needs it
• Divide the pasta between your bowls, or put it on the table in a large serving dish and let everyone help themselves
• Roughly tear over the remaining basil leaves and grate over some Parmesan
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