Spaghetti with ricotta and tomato sauce
Ingredients
for 4 person
500 g | spaghetti |
salted water, boiling | |
250 g | ricotta |
salt and pepper to taste |
1 tbsp | olive oil |
1 | onion, finely chopped |
500 g | vine-ripened tomatoes, cut into approx. 1.5 cm cubes |
1 | yellow pepper, diced |
1 ½ tbsp | gin (or water) |
¼ bunch | basil, torn |
1 tsp | salt |
a little | pepper |
How it's done
Spaghetti
Cook the spaghetti in salted water until just al dente, set aside approx. 200 ml of the cooking water, drain the spaghetti. Combine the reserved cooking water with the ricotta in the same pan, stir in the spaghetti, season, cover and set aside.
Vegetable sauce
Heat the oil in a pan. Sauté the onion for approx. 3 mins., add the tomatoes and pepper and cook for approx. 3 mins. Mix in the gin and basil, season, serve with the spaghetti.
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