Simple Pasta Sauce
As I said before, I’m not a big fan of tomato-based pasta sauces, so when I cook pasta (it’s usually cheese/ham/spinach/etc-filled tortellini), 9 times out of 10 this is the sauce I use. Not only is it really, really damn good, but it only takes about 30 seconds to make.
Ingredients:
A good drizzling of good-quality olive oil (e.g. Extra Virgin)
Grated cheese (I normally use cheddar)
Basil (a few fresh leaves ripped up into little bits, or a sprinkling of dried)
Freshly ground black pepper to taste (I normally use tons)
Roughly chopped black olives
Preparation:
1. Cook your favourite pasta. Drain, and return pan to still hot but turned-off stove.
2. Add all ingredients (it’s easy to use too much cheese, so at first don’t put in as much as you think you’d need).
3. Stir (a wooden spoon is good as it doesn’t rip up the pasta) for 20 seconds or so until sauce has evenly covered the pasta and the cheese has melted.
4. Eat.