Margherita Pasta

Total Time: 13 mins Preparation Time: 3 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 1/2 cups tomatoes
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, chiffonade
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
• 3 cups spaghetti, cooked

Recipe

• 1 peel, seed and dice the tomatoes.
• 2 slice the fresh basil into thin ribbons (chiffonade). note: neither the tomatoes nor the basil gets cooked.
• 3 heat the oil and add whole garlic cloves to flavor the oil. as soon as they turn brown, remove them or they'll make the oil bitter.
• 4 add tomatoes and basil to the cooked spaghetti.
• 5 add the hot garlic flavored oil and toss the spaghetti. note the oil is the only part of the sauce that is hot.
• 6 for garnish and taste, top with whole-milk ricotta.