SPAGHETTI WITH FRESH TOMATO SAUCE

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Bashing tomatoes, chilli, sugar and shallots together in a pestle and mortar helps to bring out the flavours for a delicious no-cook pasta sauce. Make it more indulgent with creamy burrata cheese

Provided by Sarah Cook

Categories Dinner

Time 15m

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

200g spaghetti or linguine
1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
2 shallots , finely chopped
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
zest 1 lemon
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tsp caster sugar
300g tomato , diced
125g ball mozzarella or burrata (see tip, below), torn into pieces
handful basil leaves , torn, to serve

Steps:

Cook the pasta following pack instructions. Meanwhile, put the chilli, shallots, oil, lemon zest, vinegar, sugar and tomatoes into a big mortar. If yours isn't big enough, put it all in a bowl and just use the pestle in that. Add a good amount of sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and bash everything together.
Drain the pasta and toss together with the tomato mixture and mozzarella. Scatter over the basil and serve immediately.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 598 calories, Fat 21 grams fat, SaturatedFat 10 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 78 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 12 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 25 grams protein, Sodium 0.7 milligram of sodium