If you need a quick and easy meal, you can’t go wrong with pasta and sauce. In just 10 minutes or so you can have a delicious meal ready to go, and the variations are almost endless, so it’s easy to make something everyone will like
It’s easy and it only takes a few minutes (stock image)(Image: Getty Images)
When you’re after a quick and straightforward dinner, pasta with sauce is hard to beat. Within roughly 10 minutes you can have a tasty meal on the table, and with nearly limitless variations available, it’s simple to create something that pleases everyone.
While reaching for a ready-made sauce from the supermarket is undoubtedly convenient, you can prepare your own with minimal fuss and just a few basic ingredients. Kathryn Bruton boasts more than 15,000 followers on TikTok, where she frequently shares straightforward recipes you can recreate at home.
She’s recently posted a simple method for making pasta sauce at home that rivals, if not surpasses, anything you’d purchase from a shop. It requires only a handful of ingredients, and is so straightforward that even someone with limited cooking experience can master it effortlessly, reports the Mirror.
How to make Kathryn’s easy pasta sauce
“Stop buying shop bought pasta sauces,” she said. “Save your money for something else and do this instead.”
Showcasing the four ingredients required, Kathryn filmed herself selecting a tin of chopped tomatoes, a packet of frozen chopped basil and another of frozen chopped garlic, along with a small packet of parmesan — plus some pasta.
It’s simple and takes just a few minutes (stock image)(Image: Getty Images)
Once back in her kitchen, she said: “This shines a light on how amazing a tin of tomatoes can be. I make this pasta sauce all the time. We’re gonna start with olive oil, quite a lot, maybe three tablespoons. To that, we’re going to (add) frozen garlic, about a tablespoon. Once you see the garlic just about to turn golden, add the tined tomatoes. Quarter-fill the tin with water and add that to the pan.
“Going to add some grated Parmesan. This is going to add lots of flavour and it’s going to make your sauce really creamy. And then, you can use fresh basil, but this is a store cupboard sauce, we’re using ingredients from our store cupboard. so I’m gonna use frozen, about a tablespoon.
“Simmer it for about five minutes. Alright, let’s season it with salt and pepper. I’m gonna leave it chunky, but at this point you can blitz it if you prefer a smooth sauce.”
Kathryn explained the recipe makes two servings, setting aside half in a container for another meal. She then combined the cooked pasta with the sauce, incorporating a splash of the reserved cooking water and mixing everything together thoroughly.
“It’s the best way to finish off a pasta,” she said. “Tell me that doesn’t look like something you wouldn’t get in an Italian restaurant? And it’s made from a budget tin of tomatoes.”
Ingredients3 tbsp olive oil1 tbsp frozen garlic, or to fresh cloves, finely chopped1tbsp frozen basil, or leaves from three sprigs of fresh basil400g tin of chopped tomatoes20g parmesan, grated plus extra to garnishsalt and black pepperreserved cooking water from pastaMethodHeat the olive oil in a medium saucepan and sauté the garlic for about one minute, or until it starts to turn goldenAdd the tinned tomatoes, then quarter-fill the tin with water and add to the panStir in the grated parmesan and basilSimmer over a high heat for about five minutes or until it has reduced a little and thickenedSeason with salt and pepperAdd the cooked pasta to the sauce along with a splash of the cooking water, and stir until the sauce coats the pasts. Serve garnished with extra parmesan
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