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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Firstly, put on a large pot of salted water and bring to the boil, add pasta to water and cook until'al dente' approximately 8- 10 minutes. | 2. While pasta is on the go, finely dice your onion and crush your garlic. | 3. In a saucepan, put in the olive oil, when the oil is warm, add your garlic and onion and gently saute these until they are transparent. | 4. Add the ricotta to the pan, and stir through the onions and garlic well. | 5. At this stage, add your salt and pepper, parmesan, crushed tomatoes and tomato paste. | 6. Mix well and let simmer gently for 10 minutes. | 7. Drain pasta. | 8. Turn the ricotta sauce off from the heat, add your fresh basil leaves, roughly torn, into the sauce. | 9. Dish up some pasta into a bowl, put some of the ricotta sauce on top of the pasta, and finish off with some extra shavings of parmesan if desired. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
ricotta	2	cups		863.04	15.0784	55.8496	64.3808
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
yellow onion	1		diced	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic	3	cloves	crushed	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
tomato paste	1	tablespoon		13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
parmesan cheese	2	tablespoons	grated	37.0	4.0	4.0	0.5
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1	teaspoon	coarse ground	0.6208	0.14400000000000002	0.0267	0.0053
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
basil	8	leaves		0.92	0.106	0.126	0.0256
pasta	1	package		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.