Pasta with Creamy Tomato Sauce and Pesto

12m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Finely chop the red onion.
  2. 2Peel and crush garlic cloves using mortar and pestle.
  3. 3Halve the cherry tomatoes.
  4. 4In a pan, sauté the chopped red onion in olive oil.
  5. 5Add the halved cherry tomatoes, chili flakes, salt, and pepper.
  6. 6Pour in the white wine.
  7. 7Simmer until tomatoes break down.
  8. 8Mash the tomatoes using a potato masher.
  9. 9Stir in the fresh basil leaves.
  10. 10Add olive oil.
  11. 11Stir in the heavy cream and simmer until thickened.
  12. 12Add cooked pasta.
  13. 13Grate parmesan cheese over pasta.
  14. 14Plate the pasta and top with pesto and basil leaves.

Ingredients

  • 1 red onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 2 chili flakes
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch black pepper
  • 1 cup white wine
  • 5 fresh basil leaves
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • 1 serving pasta (bucatini)
  • 1 cup parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons pesto

Equipment

knifecutting boardmortar and pestlefrying panwine bottle openerpotato masherwooden spoontongsgraterplatefork