Pasta All Arrabbiata Recipe (Pasta with Spicy Tomato Sauce)

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Heat 4 tablespoons of the extra virgin olive oil in a saucepan, and sauté the garlic over medium-high heat. When the garlic is aromatic, remove it from the pan and discard.

Add the tomato paste and the crushed red peppers, and reduce the heat to low. Stir until fragrant, about 4 minutes, and stir in the tomatoes.

Simmer the sauce over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until it is slightly reduced, about 8 minutes. Taste and adjust the seasoning of the sauce with salt.

In the meantime, bring a large pot of water to a boil, and season until it tastes as salty as the sea.

Add the pasta, and cook two minutes less than the package instructions or just before al dente.

Drain the pasta, reserving the cooking water.

Drop the pasta in the sauce, tossing to coat the pasta evenly with the sauce. Allow the pasta to cook in the sauce for 1 to 2 minutes.

If needed, add a small amount of the cooking water to the pan to loosen up the pasta.

When al dente, plate the pasta, and top with the freshly-grated cheese and shredded basil. Serve immediately.

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