Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, classic tomato spaghetti. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Classic Tomato Spaghetti is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Classic Tomato Spaghetti is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook classic tomato spaghetti using 8 ingredients and 20 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Classic Tomato Spaghetti:

1. Take fresh basil
2. Take medium onion
3. Take garlic
4. Take ripe tomatoes or 2 x 400g (14-oz) tins of chopped tomatoes
5. Prepare olive oil
6. Take red wine or balsamic vinegar
7. Take dried wholewheat spaghetti
8. Prepare Parmesan cheese

Instructions to make Classic Tomato Spaghetti:

1. Pick the basil leaves (reserving a few baby leaves to garnish), then roughly chop the remaining leaves and finely chop the stalks.
2. Peel and finely slice the onion.
4. Peel and finely slice the garlic.
6. If using fresh, cut the tomatoes in half, then roughly chop them or open the tins of tomatoes.
7. Put a saucepan on a medium heat and add 1 tablespoon of oil and the onion…
8. Then cook for around 7 minutes, or until soft and lightly golden.
9. Stir in the garlic and basil stalks for a few minutes…
10. Then add the fresh or tinned tomatoes and the vinegar.
11. Season with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, then continue cooking for around 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
12. Stir in the chopped basil leaves, then reduce to low and leave to tick away. Meanwhile…
13. Bring a large pot of salted water up to the boil, then add the spaghetti and cook according to packet instructions – you want to cook your pasta until it is al dente. This translates as ‘to the tooth’ and means that it should be soft enough to eat, but still have a bit of a bite and firmness to it.
14. Use the timings on the packet instructions as a guide, but try some just before the time is up to make sure it’s perfectly cooked.
15. Once the pasta is done, ladle out and reserve a cup of the cooking water and keep it to one side, then drain in a colander or sieve over the sink.
17. Add a splash of pasta water to the sauce if it’s a bit thick.
18. Tip in the spaghetti…
19. And use tongs to toss well, adding a splash of the pasta water to loosen, if needed.
20. Serve with the reserved basil leaves sprinkled over the top and nely grate over the Parmesan cheese.

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