Penne al'arrabiata

As I am a big fan of Italian Pasta, I thought it would be a good idea to post the recipe of my favourite dish which I found on the net the other day. I haven't had time to try it out, but I will give it a go this weekend.. Really looking fwd to it :)

There you go!!!

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Cooking time: 10 to 30 mins

Ingredients:

6 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, plus an extra dash for cooking the pasta
2 medium hot chillies, finely sliced
2 garlic cloves, chopped
handful basil leaves
600g canned chopped tomato salt, to taste
400g fresh penne pasta parmesan shavings, to serve


Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the chilli and garlic to the pan. After about a minute, add the basil leaves and gently wilt them in the flavoured oil.

2. Remove the garlic, basil and chilli from the pan and set aside. Add the chopped tomatoes to the frying pan.

3. Put the garlic, basil and chilli back in the pan with the tomatoes. Simmer for at least 10 minutes, until the sauce has thickened a little. Add salt to taste.

4. Meanwhile, cook the pasta for a few minutes in large saucepan of boiling, salted water with a dash of olive oil. Drain the pasta and the tomato sauce to it.
Serve with shavings of parmesan.