Your First Pasta Sauce - How to make Tomato Sauce Pasta - Quick, Easy and Mega-Tasty Recipe!

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier while canola is more budget-friendly.

Boil water in a large pot.

Chop some onion and add a bit of olive oil to the pot.

Cook the onions quickly for a few minutes.

Chop garlic while the onions cook.

Add the chopped garlic to the pot and stir continuously to avoid burning.

Open a can of plum tomatoes and prepare to add them to the pot.

Once the onions are golden, add the plum tomatoes to the pot.

Use a spoon or fork to break up the tomatoes in the pot.

Keep the heat strong for a quick sauce, stirring often to avoid splashing.

Add a generous pinch of salt to the boiling water before adding the pasta.

Add the pasta to the boiling water and cook for about 10 minutes, checking for doneness by tasting.

As the pasta cooks, keep stirring the sauce and avoid adding salt until later.

After about 7-8 minutes, check the sauce; it should be getting dry.

Rip fresh basil by hand and add it to the sauce.

Once the pasta is ready, reserve a bit of pasta water before draining.

Add the drained pasta to the sauce and mix it around, adding reserved pasta water to achieve desired creaminess.

Plate the pasta and top with grated parmigiano-reggiano and a bit of basil for decoration.

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