Easy tomato pasta

• 400 g pasta, use gluten-free pasta for gluten-free
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 can chopped tomatoes, 400 g
• 1 tsp sugar
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 handful basil leaves

1. 1

   With a grown-up: boiling water

   Fill a big pot with water, add a spoon of salt and bring it to the boil.

2. 2

   With a grown-up: sharp knife

   Peel the garlic and slice it thinly.

3. 3

   With a grown-up: hot pan

   Warm the oil in a pan over low heat and cook the garlic for 1 minute, without letting it brown.

4. 4

   With a grown-up: hot pan

   Add the tomatoes, sugar and salt and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring now and then.

   Timer 15 min
5. 5

   With a grown-up: boiling water

   Meanwhile cook the pasta in the boiling water for the time on the packet, then drain it in a colander in the sink.

   Timer 10 min
6. 6

   Tip the pasta into the sauce, tear in the basil and stir.

   Tear the basil and stir it in.

Tips

Draining boiling pasta is a grown-up job: the steam burns. Kids can tear the basil and stir the sauce once the pan is off the heat.