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.
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Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb pasta
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 medium shallot diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 6 oz tomato paste
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 1 ½ cups heavy cream
- 2 tablespoon 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 tablespoon unsalted butter and 1 tablespoon 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!
Nutrition Estimate
Calories: 828kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 23g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 130mg | Sodium: 962mg | Potassium: 786mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 2086IU | Vitamin C: 11mg | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 3mg