Italian sauce for spaghetti
Description
The dish is prepared without unnecessary complications. For the Italian spaghetti sauce recipe, you can use either fresh or canned tomatoes in their own juice. Larger tomatoes should be peeled and finely chopped to achieve a smooth sauce. In this case, the tomatoes are small, so they don't need to be sautéed but can be left whole as a full component of the sauce. The finished dish is ready to be served.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Here is a set of ingredients, quite standard for Italian cuisine, that we need.
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Step 2
2. First, peel the shallot and garlic, then chop them. Wash the tomatoes, dry them thoroughly, and cut if necessary. If you have fresh basil on hand, use it; otherwise, dried basil will work too.
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Step 3
3. Pour a little olive oil into a frying pan and place over heat. Separately, pour water into a pot for the pasta.
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Step 4
4. Place the onion in the heated oil. Sauté for just a minute.
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Step 5
5. Then add the garlic. In this recipe for Italian spaghetti sauce, a generous amount of garlic is used, which adds not only flavor but also a wonderful aroma.
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Step 6
6. After another minute, you can place about half of the tomatoes onto the skillet.
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Step 7
7. And a little basil. Mix everything gently and let the sauce simmer over medium heat. The tomatoes should become soft.
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Step 8
8. When the tomatoes have released their juice, add the remaining half. We won't fry them, just warm them slightly in the pan. Add a handful of Parmesan, mix everything.
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Step 9
9. When the homemade Italian spaghetti sauce is ready, add the cooked pasta to the pan and mix everything together. After one minute, remove the pan from the heat and serve immediately, sprinkled with cheese and basil.