This is so easy it doesn’t even involve cooking the sauce. It is also so quick that you can easily make the sauce in the 10 minutes that you are boiling the pasta. You can use any pasta shape, I often use Penne but on this occasion I used Linguine. This serves 2 but can easily be doubled.
Ingredients
150 g plum tomatoes
1 small clove of garlic
Good glug of virgin olive oil
A couple of sprigs of basil
8 mini mozarella balls
250 g pasta shape of your choice
To garnish sprinkle of pine nuts or a few chopped olives
Method
- Cook the pasta according to the packets instructions.
- Slice the tomatoes in half and carefully grate until only the skin is left. (If this seems too hazardous you could prick the skin of the tomatoes and place in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Drain, allow to cool and then slide the skins off and whizz the flesh in a food processor). Place in a bowl.
- Crush the garlic and add to the bowl with a good glug of olive oil.
- Chop the basil finely and add to the tomatoes. Stir to combine.
- Drain the pasta. Mix the sauce and pasta together. Split between two bowls. Top with mozarella. Sprinkle with pine nuts and or olives and serve.
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