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Preparation: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Difficulty: easy
Serves: 4 people
Simple, yet tasty vegetable based pasta sauce
Notes:
Created 20 March, 2021
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Ingredients
- 2 zucchini
- 1 small white onion
- 400 g tomato purée
- 250 g of ricotta
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 0.5 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 300 g of spaghetti
- parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Dice the onion and fry in the olive oil at a medium heat for about 5 minutes till glassy
- Cut the zucchini into quarters lengthways, then slice about 1/2 cm thick and add to the onion
- Fry for about 5 minutes, stirring and turning from time to time
- Put on a pot of salted water to boil for the spaghetti
- Add tomato purée, salt, pepper and sugar to the onion and zucchini. Then bring to boil for about a minute before reducing the heat and simmering for another 10 minutes
- Cook spaghetti for manufacturer recommended time, stirring from time to time to keep spaghetti from sticking together
- Pour water off the spaghetti saving a few tablespoonfuls for the sauce
- Mix the ricotta into the sauce and stir into the spaghetti
- Serve hot with grated parmesan cheese