Pasta with minced meat and tomato paste

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 25 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make pasta with minced meat and tomato paste? First, prepare the necessary ingredients. I use spaghetti in the recipe, but you can replace it with other long pasta, such as tagliatelle, fettuccine, bucatini, linguine. You can use minced beef, like mine, or mixed.

2. STEP 2

   

   Grate the cheese on a fine or medium grater. You can use any cheese - if you want a dish closer to Italian cuisine, take Parmesan. But regular hard cheese like Russian will also work.

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the garlic and finely chop it with a knife.

4. STEP 4

   

   On the stove, boil a large amount of salted water at the rate of: per 100 g of pasta, approximately 1 liter of water and 1 tbsp. l. salt without a slide. However, I advise you to put a little less salt, because we will still have salty minced meat. Place the spaghetti in the water and boil until al dente for about 7-8 minutes.

5. STEP 5

   

   While the pasta is cooking, prepare the tomato-meat sauce. Heat the butter in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the minced meat and fry for about 5 minutes, breaking up any lumps, until all the minced meat has darkened.

6. STEP 6

   

   Depending on the quality of the minced meat and the amount of fat, it will release more or less moisture. You can wait until most of the liquid has evaporated, but I advise you not to evaporate it too much - this will make the sauce juicier. Add chopped garlic to the pan and fry everything together, stirring, for 2 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Add tomato paste and stir. Simmer everything together for 2-3 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add tomatoes in their own juice to the minced meat. Salt, pepper and mix everything. Warm everything together for another 2-3 minutes. If you don’t have tomatoes in their own juice, you can make these yourself: take 2 medium tomatoes and peel them. Grate one tomato on a fine grater to make a puree, and cut the second into small pieces. And stir. If you wish, you can add a little ketchup to the tomato mass.

9. STEP 9

   

   While the minced meat is ready, place the finished spaghetti in a colander and let the water drain.

10. STEP 10

    

    Next, you can simply transfer the pasta into the frying pan with the minced meat and stir. But I suggest a more sophisticated serving: put the pasta on plates, distribute the tomato-meat mixture on top, sprinkle cheese on top and garnish with a sprig of basil. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

lastochki

13.10.2023

5

An appetizing quick dish for lunch or dinner. You can also cook pasta with meatballs in tomato sauce.

Corason

13.10.2023

4.6

I came across a great recipe on my favorite website. This recipe is similar to pasta Bolognese or navy pasta with tomatoes. I really wanted to make this for dinner. I made my own spaghetti using homemade flour and homemade eggs using a noodle cutter. For the sauce I used homemade mixed minced pork and chicken. I added tomato paste, canned chopped tomatoes in their own juice, dried basil, garlic and salt to the sauce. The sauce turned out amazing, it was rich, aromatic, just tomato-like) the minced meat came out tender and juicy. The perfect accompaniment to homemade spaghetti. You'll just lick your fingers) Pasta with minced meat and tomato paste is a gorgeous dish. Very tasty, appetizing and filling. Before serving, I sprinkled it with grated cheese, which added some zest. I tried to make the presentation, like the author’s, in the form of a “nest”. It turned out beautifully) I want to eat this yummy more and more! I will definitely make this dish again one of these days and recommend it to everyone. Many thanks to the author 😊

LuSey

13.10.2023

4.9

Pasta with minced meat and tomato paste turned out very tasty and satisfying. The sauce turned out so delicious, it was simply delicious! Thank you very much for the recipe!