Spaghetti With Tomato Paste

Hello foodies! 😋

One quick recipe, I’ll say almost fast-food.
We still love tomatoes, but the season is over and we use some tomato paste either homemade or purchased. Otherwise, I have something homemade that we cooked about a month ago, but we will use it in the winter when we celebrate the home garden and wait for spring :)

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For this simple dish we need (for 4 people):

pasta 400-500 gr
Parmesan cheese 100 gr
a medium onion or a couple of smaller ones
a bunch of parsley
tomato paste
mustard paste
olive oil, salt, pepper

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Start with the onion, first cut it into small pieces and start frying in two tablespoons of olive oil.

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Continue with the parsley. Cut a bunch of parsley into small pieces and add it to the pot. When it's estimated to be fried, reduce the temperature to a minimum.

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In the next step, squeeze up to about 2 to 3 tablespoons of tomato paste and 1 tablespoon of mustard paste out of the tube.

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Mix with 2 decilitres of water and salt and pepper and mix well.

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Pour into a saucepan and bring to a boil.

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While the sauce is slowly boiling, prepare the pasta. I break them in half, they cook faster. True pasta lovers would probably have their hair raised in horror. 😎

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Pour a liter and a half of water (3 times the amount of pasta) into the pot, salt the water well, and add the pasta when the water boils.

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When everything is cooking, grate some 50 grams of parmesan.

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Thicken the sauce with grated Parmesan cheese.

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The pasta is cooked. I cook them for about 10 minutes, some cook less (al dente) and some more, depending on what suits you.

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Now I could pour the sauce into a pot of pasta, but at home, we add the sauce to a plate for everyone. Add parmesan cheese. You can also offer some hot chili sauce to anyone.