Penne all'Arrabbiata

Takes 25 minutes | Serves 4 |

Ingredients

400 g penne or ziti pasta
1 tbsp salt for water
60 ml extra virgin olive oil
3 count garlic cloves, finely minced
1 count red cayenne pepper chilli, finely chopped
0.5 tsp chilli flakes
800 g canned crushed tomato
1.25 tsp cooking / kosher salt for sauce
0.25 tsp black pepper
0.5 tsp white sugar (optional)
some parmesan, finely grated
2 tsp parsley, finely chopped

Steps

Cooking Steps

• Sauté - Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add garlic and stir for 10 seconds. Add cayenne and chilli flakes. Cook for 1 minute, or until garlic is light golden.
• Add tomato, salt and pepper. Rinse out the tomato cans with water and add into the pot. Simmer - Turn up the heat to high, stir, then once it comes to a simmer, turn back down to medium heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Taste check at 10 min – if sour, add the sugar.
• Cook pasta - Meanwhile, bring a large pot of water to the boil with the 1 tablespoon of salt. Add pasta and cook per packet directions. Save water – Just before draining, give the pot a big stir (to agitate the starch) then scoop out 1 cup of the water and set aside. Drain pasta.
• Toss – Add pasta into the sauce along with 1 dl of the pasta cooking water. Toss well (still on the stove) until the pasta is coated with the pasta sauce. Use extra pasta cooking water if needed, to loosen.
• Serve - Divide between bowls and serve immediately with parmesan and parsley, if using.