Seduce your beloved carbovore with Scarpetta’s tomato and basil spaghetti this Valentine’s Day.
Stay in — where no one will judge you for eating a few strands Lady and the Tramp style — and cook up this recipe for two.
If you’re not already in love, you will be. With this pasta dish.
Ingredients:
6 oz. spaghetti, fresh or dried
12 oz. tomato sauce (recipe below)
8 large basil leaves, chiffonade
2 tbsp. unsalted butter
4 tbsp. Parmigiano-Reggiano, grated
2 tbsp. extra virgin Tuscan olive oil
Pinch red pepper flakes
Salt (to taste)
Tomato sauce, yield: 1 quart
Ingredients:
16 plum tomatoes, ripe
16 oz. San Marzano tomatoes
2 tbsp. extra virgin Tuscan olive oil
1/2 Tbsp. red pepper flakes
1/2 cup extra virgin Tuscan olive oil
12 garlic cloves, whole and peeled
4 basil stems, leaves on
Salt (to taste)
