Totally Lazy Creamy Tomato Sauce

Totally Lazy Creamy Tomato Sauce
(serves four)

1/2 stick but­ter
3 tbsps olive oil
1 large can or two soup-size cans peeled plum toma­toes
4 cloves gar­lic
1/2 cup ricotta cheese
salt and pepper

Melt the but­ter with the olive oil in a medium saucepan. Whizz the toma­toes and gar­lic together in your Mag­imix and add to saucepan. Sim­mer low while you fin­ish your cros­tini, then boil water for pasta. We used a sort of snail-shape whose name I can­not remem­ber. Whisk in ricotta and salt and pep­per. Drain pasta, add to sauce, and sim­mer while you put your cros­tini in a medium oven for 8 min­utes, or until the moz­zarella is melted, then arrange them on a plate. If you hap­pen to have a ripe avo­cado, you could add a lit­tle slice and a squirt of lemon juice, to any of your crostini.

Pro­vide plenty of grated pecorino, parme­san, moz­zarella or a com­bi­na­tion of all three (I did end up hav­ing all three sit­ting around) to scat­ter on top of the pasta.

There. Easy, cheap, com­fort­ing. And with the added bonus of cosy prep and assem­bly which helps you feel in con­trol of life. (Hint: you’re really not. In con­trol of life, I mean. But tonight’s din­ner: you’re all over it.)

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