Penne with spicy tomato sauce.

Ingredients:

500 gms Penne pasta

500 gms Roma tomatoes (if u dont have those then

5-6 large regular tomatoes will do) - finely chopped

2 large red onions - finely chopped.

1 bunch spring onions or celelry.

1 cup skimmed milk / white wine.

crushed or ground pepper.

2 tsp of paprika.

10-12 fine black olives.

5-6 cloves of garlic - crushed and chopped.

extra virgin olive oil / or any good quality vegetable oil will do.

salt.

fresh / dried basil.

dried oregno / italian seasoning.

Parmeasan / mozzerella cheese.

Method:

Take a large vessel with lots of water (pasta needs lots of room to breathe) and salt and oil, and bring to a boil. Add penne to it and kepp stirring occasionally. Approx 8 mins later the pasta will be done. It should be al-dente - have a bite left in it... drain and keep aside. save some of the cooking liquer for later.

In a large bottomed pan, add a large glug of oil, garlic, onions, spring onions. and fry. then add the tomatoes and celery. lastly add the olives -chopped. keep frying.

Add salt and pepper. paprika, oregno,basil and anyother spice of your choice.

when the sauce starts to cook down, add either 1 cup milk or a dash of white wine.

once the sauce is nice and creamy , add the penne into it. adjust the sauce adding the cooking liquer.

serve hot with a topping of cheese.

happy eating.