How to make spaghetti with basil, with tomatoes, onion, grated parmesan cheese, a small clove of garlic and extra virgin olive oil.
Ingredients for 4 people
- 350 g of spaghetti
- 10 fresh basil leaves
- 500 g of ripe tomatoes, washed, cut in half and without seeds
- 1 small onion finely sliced
- 1 small garlic clove, optional
- 4/5 spoons of extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tablespoons of grated Parmesan cheese
- salt and pepper
How to prepare spaghetti with basil and tomato
In a saucepan, fry the onion with the oil.
When the onion has dried, add the tomatoes, salt and pepper, then mix and cook over a fairly high heat for about half an hour.
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Remove from the heat and blend everything with the immersion blender, then put the past in another pan.
Meanwhile, in a saucepan, boil the water with the salt and cook the spaghetti al dente.
Wash the basil leaves, dry them, sprinkle them with a little salt and finely chop them together with the garlic clove, if you like.
In the meantime, heat the tomato sauce over low heat.
When the spaghetti are cooked al dente, drain them, pour them into a bowl, add the grated Parmesan cheese, the extra virgin olive oil, the basil and the very hot tomato sauce.
Mix and serve immediately on the table.
