Are you looking for the unchallengeable #1 BEST ITALIAN tomato sauce recipe for pasta?
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In this videorecipe I will show you how to cook a super tasty Italian tomato sauce for pasta, which we will mix with with Parmesan cheese and butter. Sounds tasty? That’s because IT IS!
The recipe we will cook today is part of the menu of a famous Italian restaurant (“Da Vittorio”), a restaurant that won 3 Michelin stars. I will show you how to replicate their dish (known as “Paccheri Da Vittorio”) from the comfort of your own home (and without the $45 pricetag it comes with)!
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Best Italian tomato sauce recipe for pasta
Equipment
- Pot
Ingredients
- 320 gr pasta paccheri
- 400 gr whole peeled tomatoes canned
- 400 gr cherry tomatoes canned
- 30 gr butter
- 50 gr Parmesan cheese grated
- 0.5 tsp sugar
- olive oil extra virgin
- salt and pepper
- basil
- garlic
Procedure
- Heat a pan, pour abundant oil, add a garlic clove and let warm everything up at medium heat;
- Add both types of tomatoes and let everything cook at medium heat for about 30 minutes;
- In the middle of the cooking time, add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, then some salt towards the end of the cooking of the sauce;
- Put the pasta in salted boiling water;
- when the tomato sauce is cooked, remove the garlic clove and blend the whole thing until you get a nice creamy sauce. Add some basil leaves;
- When the pasta is 'al dente', mix the pasta with the blended tomato sauce;
- Take the pan off the heat and add the butter. Keep mixing;
- Now incorporate the grated Parmesan cheese and keep stirring until the butter is melted and the Parmesan well melted;
- Add some fresh basil on top and...
- ENJOY!
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