A delicious meat-free meal featuring mafaldine pasta coated in a homemade tomato sauce. The sauce is made with sautéed onions, garlic, dried herbs, and quality tinned tomatoes, simmered to perfection.
1: Sauté one onion in a pan with a little olive oil for a few minutes.
2: Add two cloves of garlic, dry basil, and dry oregano; sauté for another minute.
3: Add one good quality tinned tomatoes, salt, pepper, fresh basil, cayenne, and a few drops of hot sauce.
4: Add a few spoonfuls of water if needed and allow to simmer for around 15 minutes.
5: Cook your pasta of choice.
6: Take the tomato sauce off the heat and add the cooked pasta, stirring constantly for a few minutes to wrap the pasta in the sauce.
7: Add some pasta water if the sauce is too thick.