Hello youtubers, welcome to my Kitchen.
Today, I will show you a very basic recipe
that everybody needs to know.
I will show you how to make a proper tomato sauce.
BUT!
I will serve it with 
some spaghetti, whole grain spaghetti.
To make the meal.
I will put very little olive oil...
Onion, garlic, basil, tomato...
and the tomato sauce, will be ready.
You can even store the tomato sauce in a jar
and keep it for the winter.
Easy to make. Let's start.
So, first, we have to prepare the tomato sauce.
Very easy. We have to chop one onion.
If you have small onions, make them two.
We need onion, in this recipe.
And finely chop them.
And, the onion, is ready!
I have a non-stick pan...
and i will put it on low heat
because, we need to caramelize the onion.
We need to give some time
so the sugar inside the onion
get out, and caramelize the onion by itself.
So...!
One tablespoon...
olive oil...
into the pan.
I will add the onion.
And, you need to give 5 to 7 minutes to the onion
to caramelize perfect.
So, it's enough time to prepare everything else.
I have 2 cloves of garlic...
which...
I'm going to slice them.
And...I will leave it here.
We will add the garlic after, because..
if we add the garlic now,
it's going to burn.
And now, I have to prepare my basil.
I have some lovely basil stems here,
and I'm going to take only the leaf.
And this...
should be enough.
Now...
I have a string here
and I'm going to tie all these lovely stalks.
And put them into the pan.
Let the stalks caramelize with the onion...
and give all this flavour
into the sauce.
Now!
I will keep the half...
to the side, because I want to garnish
my spaghetti with fresh basil.
And, I will roughly chop the rest of the basil.
Like this!
And, my onion should be ready by now.
Can you see that?
So...I will add the garlic
and the basil.
And, I will carry on the caramelization.
ON LOW HEAT!
PERFECT!
Now, I have to prepare my tomatoes.
I have 1 kilo of very ripe tomatoes here.
I will take off...
the stalk in the middle.
This one...
And, I will roughly chop them.
We will cook the tomato sauce only for 15 minutes.
So, we don't want any hard bits inside the tomatoes.
That's why we have to take them off.
And the last one...
just roughly chop them.
Squeeze them a little bit
to take off all these lovely juices.
And...
We add 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar.
We stir a little bit.
Look at this colour!
This is amazing.
And, we add the tomatoes
and all of this lovely juice.
Can you see that?
This is all the taste, from the sauce.
Perfect!
Now, I will lower the heat
and I will let the tomato sauce simmer for 15 minutes.
Until it becomes thick
and very very tasty.
I also have here, a pot with boiling water
that I'm going to boil my pasta after...
and put them into the tomato sauce.
So...after 10 minutes
my sauce is almost ready
but it's not ready, yet.
My water, here, is boiling. I will add some salt.
I have whole grain pasta here...
and I will put them in.
And, they need only 5 minutes.
Now, just stir them a little bit.
Perfect.
Back to my sauce. I will take a fork...
and I will mash, a little bit, my tomatoes.
I don't want big chunks.
But, I want chunks inside the tomato sauce.
And, I will remove and discard the stalks.
Mix, a little bit, my pasta...
Also, I add no salt and no pepper in my tomato sauce.
So, it's time to season
my sauce.
A little salt...
and a LOT of pepper.
My spaghetti is ready.
And, I will keep one cup...
of the boiling water...
because I need this lovely water.
Then, I will drain my spaghetti.
And it's  time...
to marry the spaghetti with the tomato sauce.
Drop them in...
And, also...add...
the water we kept before.
Because we need to combine
,in the best way, the tomato sauce with the spaghetti.
This water has enough starch
to make the sauce thicker.
And, just wait 2 to 3 minutes
until everything is combined to perfection.
It started becoming so tasty...
It smells so nice!
Can you see that?
And, the tomato sauce is everywhere!
BE CAREFUL...Cook your spaghetti al dente.
We are not cooking al dente, just for gourmet...
We are cooking al dente, because this way...
It's easily digested.
My spaghetti...is...READY!
Turn off the heat...
Add...some parmesan.
Finely chop the remaining basil.
Look at that! Mix and mix!
And...Who can resist...
this beautiful spaghetti?
And, it's time to serve.
And...
I will serve it a little bit gourmet!
But, it's very easy to make it at home.
Look at that!
Imagine that you are picking up a huge bite!
I need my plate here.
And look at this!
Just sprinkle with some basil.
A nice tip for presentation...
here!
Some freshly ground pepper...
some parmesan...next to our spaghetti.
If somebody wants to add more parmesan.
And, JUST a little bit of...
extra virgin, Greek olive oil.
And, ladies and gentlemen...
this is....PERFECTION!
I don't think...
that I know somebody that is not a fan of spaghetti.
But, THIS recipe...
is SO delicious...
SO easy to make...
and SO super healthy...
that EVERYBODY will love!
It is...amazing!
Whole grain pasta...
tomato sauce...
with very little fats.
Because we add only 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
And...Oh my god...This flavour!
It bursts in your mouth.
It is..amazing.
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See you next time..Bye Bye..Yia sas!
