Recipe: Easy Tomato Tagliatelle – Perfect for a quick Valentine’s dinner

• Features, Food & Drink, Recipes
• 10th January 2024
• Cumbria Guide

Easy Tomato Tagliatelle

Perfect for a quick Valentine’s dinner

Serves 2
Cook time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

• 1 clove of garlic
• ¼ of a bunch of fresh basil
• 300g fresh tagliatelle
• olive oil
• 1 x 400 g tin of quality plum tomatoes
• 125g asparagus spears
• extra virgin olive oil
• 10g Parmesan cheese

Method:

1. Peel and finely slice the garlic, then pick the basil leaves and finely chop the stalks.
2. Cook the tagliatelle in a pan of boiling salted water for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente, which means that it should be soft enough to eat, but still have a bit of bite and firmness to it, then drain, reserving some of the pasta water.
3. Heat a lug of olive oil in a saucepan over a medium heat, add the garlic and fry for 1 to 2 minutes, or until golden.
4. Add the basil stalks and tinned tomatoes, breaking the tomatoes up with the back of a spoon.
5. Bring to the boil, season with sea salt and black pepper and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Snap the woody ends off the asparagus and discard, then finely chop the spears.
7. Add the asparagus to the tomato sauce, simmer for 1 to 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and season to taste, if needed.
8. Finish off the sauce by stirring through the basil leaves. Toss the tagliatelle in the sauce, adding a little cooking water to loosen, if needed.
9. Serve with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and a good grating of Parmesan. Enjoy!

Recipe courtesy www.jamieoliver.com

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