Quickest-Ever Tomato Pasta Sauce

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recipe by Octopus Publishing https://octopusbooks.co.uk/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    7mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    531
based on 3 ratings

Richly flavoured tomato sauce in just 5 minutes? It’s true! This sauce freezes beautifully so make extra for those days when you just don’t feel like cooking.

recipe updated 21 Feb. 2022

Ingredients

  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Water icon
    Water
    as needed
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    as needed
  • Farfalle icon
    Farfalle
    400 g
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Tomato purée icon
    Tomato purée
    500 ml
  • Salt & pepper icon
    Salt & pepper
    as needed
  • Unsalted butter icon
    Unsalted butter
    25 g
  • Parmesan cheese icon
    Parmesan cheese
    as needed

Tools

  • kCook icon Stove
  • kCook icon Large saucepan
  • kCook icon Large saucepan

Step preview

  1. Add water and salt to a clean large saucepan
  2. Boil - high heat
  3. Add farfalle to the large saucepan
  4. Cook until al dente
  5. Drain then set aside
  6. Add olive oil to the large saucepan
  7. Heat - low heat
  8. Add garlic clove to the large saucepan
  9. Cook gently - 30 sec, low heat
  10. Boil and bring to a boil - medium heat
  11. Season with salt & pepper
  12. Simmer - 5 min, low heat
  13. Remove and turn off heat
  14. Transfer pasta to the saucepan
  15. Add unsalted butter to the large saucepan
  16. Toss with slotted spoon until melted
  17. Serve with parmesan cheese
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