# Spaghetti al Pomodoro

This is a simple spaghetti al pomodoro recipe with intense flavor and sweetness that is easy to make and tastes like restaurant quality.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- cherry tomatoes
- 2 onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 Calabrian chili peppers
- olive oil
- tomato paste
- pinch salt
- spaghetti
- 1 handful basil
- Parmesan cheese
- butter

## Instructions

1. Halve the cherry tomatoes.
2. Cut the onion in half.
3. Peel the garlic cloves.
4. Add a generous amount of olive oil to a pan.
5. Add the onion and garlic to the pan and cook until caramelized.
6. Chop the Calabrian chili peppers.
7. Add the Calabrian chili peppers and tomato paste to the pan.
8. Fry the ingredients in the pan.
9. Add the cherry tomatoes and a pinch of salt to the pan.
10. Cover the pan and cook for 10 minutes.
11. Reduce the sauce to concentrate the flavor and get it thick.
12. Boil water for the pasta.
13. Blend the sauce with a handful of basil for a velvety luscious sauce.
14. Taste the sauce for seasoning.
15. Optionally, pass the sauce through a sieve to get rid of the skin and seeds.
16. Keep the sauce on a light bubble.
17. Add the pasta to the boiling water.
18. Two minutes before the pasta is al dente, add it to the sauce.
19. Add a ladle of starchy pasta water, some butter, and grated Parmesan cheese to the pasta and sauce.
20. Vigorously toss the pasta to get a creamy emulsified sauce.
21. Plate the pasta using tongs.
22. Add more sauce on top of the pasta.
23. Garnish with grated Parmesan and thinly sliced basil.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- pan
- strainer
- blender
- pot
- tongs
- ladle
- grater
- spatula

## Tips

- Use cherry tomatoes for the sauce as they have a lower water content, which means more intense flavor and sweetness.
- Use bronze-cut dried pasta as its rough surface better holds onto sauces.
- Pass the sauce through a sieve to get rid of the skin and seeds for a velvety luscious sauce.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMN2y0zO3m9/?igsh=MXhyZGE0YnN4Mnh3bQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/138b3352-58ba-490d-ae2b-2124292d85f5
- Extracted: 2025-07-23

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