Quick & Tasty Pasta with Meat or Vegan Option

In a hurry, very tasty and simple, for the whole family! Pasta with minced meat and tomato paste is ideal for a quick and tasty dinner. You can prepare it in 20 minutes. You can make it with meat or mushrooms, turning it into a completely lean, vegan option! By the way, it is also quite suitable for a romantic dinner!
cook time: 25 min
Zoe Kendrick
Quick & Tasty Pasta with Meat or Vegan Option

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

306
Calories
18g
Fat
25g
Carbs
11g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 2 clove
Tomatoes (in its own juice) 100 g
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Butter 2 tbsp
Hard cheese 50 g
Tomato paste 3 tbsp
Minced meat 500 g
Basil to taste
Spaghetti 400 g

Recipe instructions

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 3

Step 3
Peel the garlic and finely chop it with a knife.

Step 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 cook until al dente, about 7-8 minutes.

Step 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.

Step 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.

Step 7

Step 7
Add tomato paste and stir. Simmer everything together for 2-3 minutes.

Step 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.

Step 9

Step 9
While the minced meat is ready, place the finished spaghetti in a colander and let the water drain.

Step 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: place the pasta on plates, spread the tomato-meat mixture on top, sprinkle cheese on top and garnish with a sprig of basil. Bon appetit!

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