Pasta with a special marinara sauce

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Dried pasta; such as penne
THE SAUCE
2 tablespoons Extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons Unsalted butter
2 Plump cloves garlic; smashed & minced
½ large Onion; minced
½ large Carrot; scraped & shredded
1 14 oz can italian plum tomatoes; crushed w/juice
1 teaspoon Dried basil
¼ teaspoon Dried oregano
½ teaspoon Crushed red pepper flakes
2 dashes Cayenne pepper
Kosher salt and black pepper; to taste
¼ teaspoon Baking soda

Directions

While making sauce put up a large pasta pot with water in it. Boil the water. When boiling, add the salt and cook the pasta until al dente( for penne, it is usually 9 minutes.) Drain.

While the pasta is cooking, heat olive oil and the butter in a large, heavy nonreactive saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, onions and carrots, and saute, stirring often, until carrots are soft, 4-6 minutes. Add tomatoes, basil, oregano, chiles and cayenne. Bring sauce to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes. Add salt, pepper and baking soda. Blend thoroughly and serve.

Recipe by: Garlic, Garlic, Garlic by Linda & Fred Griffith Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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