aiyah! so simple…

Preparation time: 30 mins
Prepares: 5 main course

What you need:

• 1 (500g) packet of pasta of your choice
• 60 ml of oil
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 chilli
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 1 can of crushed tomatoes
• 1 large capsicum, diced
• 5 large button mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tablespoon of tomato paste
• 3 cups of water
• Pepper, to taste
• 2 teaspoon of oregano leaves
• 2 ½ tablespoon of whipping cream
• 4 links of sweet Italian sausage, sliced.
• 3 tablespoon of vodka (optional)

Preparing the pasta
1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil (add a dash of salt to hasten boiling time).
2. Add pasta and cook for 10 minutes or until cooked. Add olive oil and stir to prevent the pasta for sticking together.
3. Drain water and toss in ice water for solid spongy texture.

Preparing the sauce
1. Heat oil in pan, toss garlic in till they brown on the sides.
2. Throw sausages in and fry till brown on the sides.
3. Add in the can of tomatoes, tomato paste and water.
4. Stir and add in pepper, salt, chilli and oregano leaves, and bring to a boil.
5. Add capsicums and mushrooms last so that they won’t shrink or soften (you want the capsicum to stay crunchy)
6. Add in whipping cream and vodka (the alcohol will evaporate, it just adds really good taste to the recipe)

Pour hot sauce over the pasta and we are good to go!

For variation:
Instead of sausages, you can make the pasta seafood and add in prawns, squids, clams etc.