# Pasta with Creamy Tomato Sauce and Pesto

- Servings: 1 servings
- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- mortar and pestle
- frying pan
- wine bottle opener
- potato masher
- wooden spoon
- tongs
- grater
- plate
- fork

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/18YUkvzHUXY
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/df474a5a-1672-4a82-9e18-155d8afb368b
- Extracted: 2024-11-05

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