Name: Fusilli Pasta With Homemade Marinara Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 75 min
Total time: 90 min
Ingredients: 475 gm Fusilli Pasta (uncooked); ½ Red pimento (sliced and sauteed); 1/2 Capsicum (green, sliced and sauteed); 1 Onion (sliced, sauteed, large); 350 gm Tomatoes (canned and chopped, with liquid); 5 cloves Garlic; 3 tablespoon Olive oil (extra virgin); 2 teaspoon Basil (dried); Salt (as per taste); ½ teaspoon Black pepper (freshly ground); ½ teaspoon Red pepper flakes; 175 gm Parmesan cheese (freshly grated)

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Fusilli pasta with Homemade Marinara sauce recipe has the goodness of herbs and veggies which make it a wholesome dinner one pot meal for weeknights.

Flavoured with crushed garlic it gives a tongue numbing experience when enjoyed with Crusty garlic bread. Making marinara sauce at home is definitely time-consuming but the promising aroma is worth the wait.

So here you go - Fusilli pasta with home made marinara sauce recipe for those hungry plates.

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 1 15

Total Time 1 30

Served AsDinner, Lunch

CuisineItalian

Recipe Taste Salty, Savoury

Servings

Ingredients

Instructions

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In a large skillet, heat olive oil on medium heat, and add minced fresh garlic. Lightly brown garlic.

To make Marinara sauce

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Add tomatoes with juice. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer. Stir in basil, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.
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Simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, and adjusting seasoning to taste. (If the sauce starts to become too dry, add a little water

Fusilli pasta

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Start Fusilli pasta 15 minutes before sauce is done. Cook pasta until al dente. Once the sauce is done add the sauteed veggies. Mix well.
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Serve by ladling sauce over pasta and sprinkling Parmesan cheese to taste.