Penne alla Gaz

Serves 3

Cooking time ~40 minutes

This is super simple comfort food. The recipe is from my housemate and it's a staple dish for when we're feeling sorry for ourselves.

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Ingredients:

375g Dried Penne

400g Chopped Tomatoes

1x White Onion

2x Carrots

3x Celery Sticks

1x Red Chilli

5tbsp Olive Oil

2tsp Marjoram

Parmesan to Serve

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Method:

This is a super simple dish to make. Start by finely dicing Onions, Celery and Carrot. You want equal size and quantity of Carrot and Celery. Slice and de-seed the Chilli too.

Add to a saucepan with a glug of Oil, the Chopped Tomatoes and season with Salt and Pepper.

Bring the heat up and then simmer for around 30 minutes. You want the Veg to soften a bit but still hold some texture. The Veg should soak into the Tomatoes leaving a saucey consistency.

Take off the heat and blitz with a stick blender. If you don't have one, you should be able to whizz in a normal blender/juicer too.

Get the Pasta on to cook as per packet instructions. Penne works really well for this, as would Conchiglie. It's best to have a Pasta which will take in a lot of the sauce, as opposed to Spaghetti.

When the Pasta is nearly done, put the Sauce mixture back onto a low heat. Add 5tbsp of Olive Oil and 2 heaped tsp of Dried Marjoram. Stir well and heat up.

Add the Sauce to the drained Pasta and plate up. Serve with as much Parmesan as you like, and a crack of Black Pepper.

Enjoy. If you fancy sharing your effort, then please tag @wellgoodgrub on Instagram.

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