This is the easiest dish on earth but I realised I forgot a couple of key ingredients in my shop yesterday.
BTW Sainsburys was doing a deal of 2 very nice bottles of Primitivo red wine at 8.99 each or 2 for 8 quid???! I took two.
This is a pasta dish that asks for nothing and returns everything. This is the most simple dinner ever and just perfect. For 2 you need:
Spaghetti - however much you like to eat
Cherry tomatoes 200g or more, washed and halved
Cubed pancetta 100g
Large bunch basil
Parmesan (lots grated)
Extra virgin olive oil.
2 cloves finely sliced garlic
That is it. It is traditional, boring and supreme. Unbelievably supreme.
Heat the water in a large pan and throw in spag when boiling. When pasta is in, heat a frying pan and in a little olive oil, fry the pancetta until golden and crispy on outside. When crispy and not too dark, throw in tomatoes and garlic and stir once. Then turn down heat and cook for the remaining 3-4 mins til pasta is ready.
Drain the pasta, chuck back in pan, add contents of frying pan with sea salt, ground pepper and basil and stir/toss well. Drizzle a fair bit of extra virgin over the top, serve in plates and then pile on the parmesan.
A meal in 11 minutes and totally wonderful flavours. Sweet, savoury, moreish and sexy.
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