Home made marinara sauce made with fresh tomatoes and garlic gives this pasta dish a unique taste. I have added browned ground beef. Ground beef can be substituted by ground turkey or chicken.
Ingredients
Ground beef - 1 pound
Penne pasta -1 pound
Red Onions - 1 medium size sliced thin
Garlic cloves - 8 - 10 cloves - finely chopped
Crushed Red peppers - 1/2 teaspoon
Dried Basil leaves - 1 Tablespoon
Olive oil - 6 Tablespoons
Cherry tomatoes - 3 cups
Fennel seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Whole black peppers - 1/2 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Steps
1. Brown the ground beef in a non stick pan. Add salt to taste, and ground fennel and black peppers to it. Saute till brown. Keep aside.
2. Chop the cherry tomatoes in half and keep aside.
3. Heat 5 tablespoon oil in a pan and add chopped garlic and onions. Saute till onions are soft. Add crushed red peppers and saute for few more minutes.
3. Add the chopped tomatoes with some salt and cover and cook for about 10 minutes. Remove cover and let it boil for few more minutes till the liquid reduces to half.
4. Add dried basil to this and let it simmer. Add the browned beef to this too and mix well and let it simmer till flavors mingle.
5. Cook the Penne pasta according to the box directions in salt water. Do not over cook. Drain and mix with 1 tablespoon olive oil .
6. Add the Pasta to the tomato sauce and and mix well.
Serve hot
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