← All recipes

🍝 Spaghetti with Classic Tomato Sauce

577 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 large onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 800 g canned tomatoes
• salt
• pepper
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• chili flakes
• 500 g spaghetti
• 2 sprigs basil
• 1 pinch sugar
• 40 g parmesan

Instructions

1. 1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
2. 2. Add the spaghetti to the boiling water.
3. 3. Cook the pasta until al dente (firm to the bite) according to the package instructions.
4. 4. Drain the spaghetti.
5. 5. Let the pasta drip dry well.
6. 6. Peel the onion.
7. 7. Peel the garlic.
8. 8. Finely chop the onion.
9. 9. Finely chop the garlic.
10. 10. Heat the olive oil in a pan.
11. 11. Add the chopped onion to the hot pan.
12. 12. Add the chopped garlic to the pan.
13. 13. Sweat the onions and garlic for 2 to 3 minutes.
14. 14. Stir the tomato paste into the pan.
15. 15. Mix the tomato paste briefly with the oil.
16. 16. Add the tomatoes to the pan.
17. 17. Crush the tomatoes well.
18. 18. Season the sauce with salt.
19. 19. Season the sauce with pepper.
20. 20. Let the sauce simmer for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
21. 21. Add thyme to the sauce.
22. 22. Add oregano to the sauce.
23. 23. Add chili to the sauce.
24. 24. Let the sauce simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes.
25. 25. Check the consistency of the sauce.
26. 26. Wash the basil.
27. 27. Shake the basil dry.
28. 28. Finely chop the basil.
29. 29. Stir the basil into the sauce.
30. 30. Adjust the sauce with salt.
31. 31. Adjust the sauce with pepper.
32. 32. Adjust the sauce with sugar.
33. 33. Mix the sauce with the drained pasta.
34. 34. Divide the pasta onto the plates.
35. 35. Grate the Parmesan over the pasta.
36. 36. Serve the dish.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 577
• Protein: 21 g · Fett/Fat: 10 g · Carbs: 93 g