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Tagliatelle with tomato cream sauce and mozzarella

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 1 can tomato(s) (Pizza tomatoes)
  • ¼ cup cream or cremefine
  • 1 ball of mozzarella
  • some tomato paste
  • Salt
  • basil
  • 200 g pasta (tagliatelle or other)

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

creamy tomato sauce with semi-melted mozzarella pieces

Cook the pasta in plenty of salted water until al dente. Season the pizza tomatoes with salt and basil and simmer gently until the sauce is barely watery. Then add the cream and continue simmering. Cut the mozzarella into small pieces and season the sauce with tomato paste (if the pizza tomatoes are less flavorful). Just before serving, add the mozzarella pieces and let them melt slightly, then serve the sauce immediately with the pasta.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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