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🍽️ Penne with Tomato Sauce
485 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 500 g tube pasta
- salt
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1 onion
- 250 g tomatoes
- 2 red chili peppers
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- 50 ml vegetable broth
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 large parsley
- oil (for frying)
- 1 tsp chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp grated parmesan
Instructions
- 1. Boil plenty of water in a large pot and add plenty of salt.
- 2. Add the penne pasta to the boiling water.
- 3. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions until al dente (still firm to the bite).
- 4. Peel the garlic cloves and the onion.
- 5. Finely chop the garlic and the onion.
- 6. Wash the tomatoes under running water.
- 7. Cut the tomatoes into narrow wedges.
- 8. Wash the chili peppers under running water.
- 9. Halve the chili peppers lengthwise.
- 10. Remove the seeds from half of the chili peppers.
- 11. Finely chop the chili peppers.
- 12. Heat oil in a large frying pan.
- 13. Add the chopped onion and garlic to the hot pan.
- 14. Sauté the vegetables until they are translucent and soft.
- 15. Stir the tomato paste into the pan.
- 16. Fry the tomato paste briefly.
- 17. Add the tomato wedges to the pan.
- 18. Add the chopped chili pieces to the pan.
- 19. Mix everything well.
- 20. Pour the vegetable broth into the pan.
- 21. Season the sauce with salt.
- 22. Season the sauce with sugar.
- 23. Season the sauce with lemon juice.
- 24. Cover the pan with a lid.
- 25. Let the sauce simmer gently for about 5 minutes.
- 26. Check if the sauce is reducing too much.
- 27. Add 1-2 tablespoons of water if necessary.
- 28. Heat plenty of oil in a small frying pan.
- 29. Add the parsley leaves to the hot oil.
- 30. Fry the parsley for a few seconds.
- 31. Remove the parsley from the oil as soon as it is crispy.
- 32. Drain the parsley on kitchen paper.
- 33. Chop the remaining fresh parsley.
- 34. Stir the chopped parsley into the tomato sauce.
- 35. Drain the pasta in a colander.
- 36. Add the pasta to the pan with the sauce.
- 37. Mix the pasta well with the sauce.
- 38. Grate Parmesan over the pasta.
- 39. Garnish the pasta with the fried parsley leaves as desired.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 485
- Protein: 15 g · Fett/Fat: 18 g · Carbs: 63 g