Clean recipe · cozycravings.com
Easy Creamy Tomato Sauce
We all need a go-to pasta sauce in our arsenal, and this one is it for me – super easy creamy tomato sauce made from scratch (aka pink sauce). It's full of flavor with only a few ingredients; shallots, garlic, a little spice from red pepper flakes, tomato paste for a deep tomato flavor, and of course heavy cream. A weekly staple dinner that comes together in no more than 15 minutes.
Original recipe: cozycravings.com
- Yield:
- 4 servings
- Prep:
- 5 min
- Cook:
- 10 min
- Total:
- 15 min
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Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 medium shallot (diced)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 6 oz tomato paste
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 2 tbsp fresh grated parmesan cheese ((optional))
Instructions
- In your stock/pasta pot, bring heavily salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to directions.
- In a sauté pot over medium heat, add 1 tbsp unsalted butter and 1 tbsp olive oil. Once that is melted and hot, add the shallots and garlic, and cook for about 3 minutes until very fragrant and the shallots start to become translucent.
- To the garlic and shallots, add the red pepper flakes, tomato paste, salt, and pepper. Mix those together and cook stirring occasionally for 2-3 minutes to caramelize the tomato paste.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in the heavy cream until smooth. Let it come up to a slight simmer, then add in your pasta. Once the pasta and sauce are mixed together, stir in fresh grated parmesan cheese if using. Serve immediately!