Easy Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

• to taste olive oil
• to taste garlic cloves
• to taste ripe tomatoes
• to taste salt
• to taste ground black pepper
• to taste cream
• to taste oregano
• to taste additional ingredients, as desired

Steps

1. Finely chop the tomatoes or purée them in a food processor—this depends on what consistency you want.
2. Chopping gives a chunkier sauce while using puréed tomatoes yields a smoother sauce.
3. Grind the garlic to a paste.
4. Heat the oil in a frying pan.
5. Using a pan with non-stick coating necessitates less oil.
6. When the oil is hot (but not too hot), turn down the heat.
7. Add the garlic paste.
8. When the garlic is golden-brown, add the tomatoes.
9. The tomatoes have to be cooked until done—they’ll look and smell cooked instead of raw, and will be a deeper, redder colour.
10. Add salt and pepper to taste.
11. When the tomatoes are almost done, add fresh cream to taste.
12. Cook for about 30 seconds.
13. Add the oregano.
14. Then, cook for another minute.
15. Add the cooked pasta and vegetables.
16. Serve hot, garnished with herbs (e.g. basil, rosemary).