Description
Creamy, spicy, and incredibly easy Gigi Pasta without vodka – a perfect comfort meal ready in 30 minutes.
Ingredients
16 ounces rigatoni or penne pasta
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tablespoon minced garlic
2/3 cup tomato paste
1 1/3 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons red pepper flakes
2 teaspoons dried basil
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup grated parmesan
2 tablespoons butter
Optional parsley and chili flakes
Instructions
1. Boil salted water and cook pasta.
2. Reserve pasta water, drain pasta.
3. In saucepan, sauté garlic in olive oil.
4. Add tomato paste and cook until darkened.
5. Stir in heavy cream, simmer gently.
6. Add red pepper, basil, salt, and pepper.
7. Mix in parmesan, butter, and pasta water.
8. Toss in cooked pasta until coated.
9. Serve with parsley and extra parmesan.
Notes
Reserve pasta water for texture.
Add more chili for extra spice.
Vegan option: use coconut cream.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian-American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 550
- Sugar: undefined
- Sodium: undefined
- Fat: 25g
- Saturated Fat: undefined
- Unsaturated Fat: undefined
- Trans Fat: undefined
- Carbohydrates: 60g
- Fiber: undefined
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: undefined