Pasta with tomatoes is a real hit of Italian cuisine! Insanely tasty, light and beautiful pasta has conquered millions of hearts around the world. The recipe is very simple, which is why it probably won such popularity.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Pasta in our country is a national side dish, which, probably, in its polarity competes with potatoes. Someone calls them pasta, some pasta, and some spaghetti. However, the essence of this does not change at all. Dishes with them are always tasty, nutritious and satisfying. This Tomato Pasta recipe is a quick option for a hearty breakfast, lunch and dinner. Its main advantage is lightness, speed and availability of preparation, and, of course, excellent taste! You do not need to have special culinary skills for cooking, the main thing is to choose fresh and high-quality products, as well as have a desire to make delicious pasta.
Pasta for the dish can be used in any shape: horns, bows, cobweb, spaghetti and other interesting products. This will not affect the result of the finished dish. It will still be spicy and interesting. For a change, the food can be made even tastier. For example, get creative and add garlic, onions, herbs, cheese shavings, butter, anchovies, olives, or other foods of your choice. All of these ingredients are great and go great with this pasta.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 203 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 15 minutes
Ingredients:
- Durum wheat pasta - 200 g
- Tomatoes - 1 pc.
- Olive oil - for frying
- Salt - 0.5 tsp
Step by step cooking of pasta with tomatoes:
1. Pour drinking water into a saucepan, add salt and boil. Put the pasta in boiling water and stir to prevent it from sticking. Season them with salt, bring the water to a boil again, and reduce the heat to medium. Cook the pasta for about 15 minutes, but read the specific cooking time on the manufacturer's packaging. Cook them with the lid open.
2. Turn the finished pasta into a sieve and leave for a few seconds to drain all excess liquid.
3. While the pasta is cooking, wash the tomato and pat dry with a paper towel. Use a sharp knife to cut it into large pieces. Do not crumble it finely, otherwise it will turn into a homogeneous gruel during heat treatment.
4. Pour olive oil into a skillet and heat. Add the tomatoes and fry them over medium heat until lightly golden brown on all sides.
5. Put the boiled spaghetti in a portioned plate, in which you will serve the food and pour a little olive oil.
6. Put the fried tomatoes on top of the pasta and serve hot. If you wish, you can sprinkle more cheese shavings on top or sprinkle with chopped basil herbs. They eat the food immediately after cooking, they don't do it for the future.
See also a video recipe on how to cook Italian spaghetti with tomatoes.
