5 Ingredient Garlic Spaghetti
Only 5 ingredients needed for this easy garlic spaghetti. Vegan friendly and delicious, you just need garlic, spaghetti, tomatoes and parsley for this. A bit of seasoning and you have a great mid week meal.
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 200 g spaghetti dried
- 3 cloves garlic
- 100 g tomatoes
- 15 g fresh parsley or basil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Start by bringing a pot of water to the boil, add in a large pinch of salt followed by the spaghetti, cook till al dente
- meanwhile add the olive oil to a non stick pan, add the garlic cloves and tomatoes and bring allow to sit in the oil for around 10 minutes (you don't want the oil to be boiling, just hot) this will help make the garlic cloves beautifully soft
- Once the garlic is soft, mash with a spoon until pureed, do the same to the tomatoes to release the juice
- Add a ladle full (around 120ml) of the pasta water followed by the drained spaghetti, mix until glossy
- Finely chop the fresh basil or parsley and mix into the pasta, followed by lashing of salt and pepper, until seasoned to perfection. Don't be scared to season the pasta well