Lean pasta

Classic Italian pasta with fragrant tomato sauce. A great recipe for lean pasta! Delicious and healthy lean pasta will delight you and your family. You can eat during the fast without violating its rules. Bon appetit!
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 12 % 6 g
Fats 22 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 67 % 34 g
249 kcal
GI: 18 / 79 / 3

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    We prepare the products according to the list and look at the recipe how to cook lean pasta with tomato sauce.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    The first part of the dish, which is its basis, is the easiest. Just put the pasta in boiling salted water and cook until ready, according to the instructions on the package. Next, drain the liquid from them, transferring it to a colander. After that, we give a little fry on a small amount of olive oil.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Now the second part begins, without it, lean pasta will not be a joy to eat. Of course, the sauce will correct the situation. Peel the onion and cut into half rings.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour olive oil into a saucepan and put the chopped onion there.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Pour in a tablespoon of flour and mix. You can turn on the stove. Fry the products in a saucepan, stirring with a spoon. We stop when the onion changes color from translucent to golden.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Then dilute the mixture with a glass of white wine.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Continue cooking, stirring the contents of the pan. Now add tomato paste to it, pour a little more water and add additives, including sugar. From this moment, roasting turns into quenching, so we reduce the fire a little.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    We control the process by stirring periodically. This last cooking segment takes about 15 minutes. The sauce should already be thick enough by that time.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Remove it from the stove and pour the lean pasta.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Now you can eat it with a pleasant mood.

If you fast, then this recipe will help you to have a hearty meal and not break the fast. If you do not fast, then you can safely serve lean pasta as a side dish to meat cooked in various ways (fried, baked, stewed, boiled), cutlets, meatballs, fish, chicken, mushrooms, etc. Tomato gravy makes pasta especially tasty and more appetizing in appearance. Pasta can be very different, take the ones you like best: spaghetti, noodles, shells, spirals, etc. You can use pasta from durum wheat.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Pasta, premium, fortified - 337   kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium, dairy - 309   kcal/100g
  • Pasta, premium grade, egg - 342   kcal/100g
  • Pasta made from flour of the 1st grade - 333   kcal/100g
  • Pasta made of flour in / with - 338   kcal/100g
  • Boiled pasta - 135   kcal/100g
  • Pasta - 338   kcal/100g
  • White wine - 78   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333   kcal/100g
  • Whole durum wheat flour universal - 364   kcal/100g
  • Flour krupchatka - 348   kcal/100g
  • Flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Pepper - 26   kcal/100g

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