Tomato And Basil Pasta

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 cup basil
• 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 (8 ounce) can chopped tomatoes (unseasoned)
• 1 (16 ounce) box pasta
• parmesan cheese
• romano cheese

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta as per box instructions.
• 2 while pasta is cooking, heat oil with copped garlic.
• 3 add a handful of chopped fresh basil.
• 4 heat five minutes.
• 5 slowly stir in chopped tomatoes, juice and all.
• 6 add as much crushed red pepper flakes as you like, no more than 1 table.
• 7 cook until tomatoes are soft enough to crush, about 20 minutes on med-low.
• 8 crush tomatoes in pan with fork or potato masher.
• 9 drain pasta and return to cooking pot.
• 10 slowly add sauce and mix together.
• 11 it will look like not enough sauce to cover pasta, but this is a lite sauce and not to overpowering.
• 12 add fresh grated parmasiano cheese or fresh romano over individual servings.