Ingredients

• 2 cloves of garlic

• 1 fresh red chilli

• 1 bunch of fresh basil, (30g)

• 300 g Tante's spaghetti

• olive oil

• 1 tin of Tante's peeled plum tomatoes

• 80 g Parmesan cheese

Method

Step 1

Peel and finely slice the garlic and chilli (halve and deseed it first if you don't want the sauce too hot).

Step 2

Pick the basil leaves off the stalks and put to one side. Finely chop the stalks.

Step 3

Cook the Tante's spaghetti in a large pan of boiling salted water according to packet instructions

Step 4

Meanwhile, put a large saucepan on a medium heat and add 2 good lugs of oil. Add the garlic, chilli and basil stalks and give them a stir.

Step 5

When the garlic begins to brown slightly, add most of the basil leaves and scrunch in the Tante's peeled plum tomatoes. Turn the heat up high and stir for 1 minute. Taste and season with sea salt and black pepper, if needed

Step 6

Drain the Tante's spaghetti, reserving a mugful of cooking water, then transfer it to the pan of sauce and stir well. Add a splash of pasta cooking water to loosen, if needed, then taste and season to perfection

Step 7

Divide the pasta between bowls, or put it on the table in a large serving dish and let everyone help themselves.

Step 8

Roughly tear over the remaining basil leaves and finely grate over the Parmesan.