Larry's Kitchen
🍳 Tomato Pasta
🦁 Why Larry Likes This One
Larry loves how the red sauce makes everything tasty!
Serves
4
Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
Level
⭐ Easy
⚠️ Allergen Information
🌾Gluten (Cereals)
Always check ingredient labels every time you cook. Ingredients can change. If your child has a diagnosed food allergy, follow their healthcare team's advice.
🥕 Ingredients
- •200 g dried pasta
- •400 g passata
- •1 tbsp olive oil
- •2 cloves garlic
- •4 leaves fresh basil
- •1 pinch salt
- •1 pinch black pepper
🔧 Equipment
large saucepansmall saucepancolanderwooden spoon
📝 Method
- 1Adult: fill a large saucepan with water and bring to the boil.
- 2Add a pinch of salt then the pasta. Cook according to packet instructions.
- 3Adult: heat the olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- 4Peel and crush the garlic cloves, then add to the oil. Stir for 1 minute.
- 5Pour in the passata and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- 6Tear the basil leaves and stir them into the sauce.
- 7Adult: drain the pasta in a colander.
- 8Tip the pasta into the sauce and mix well.
🦁 My Jobs
- ✓ Pour pasta into pan (with help)
- ✓ Stir the sauce
- ✓ Tear basil leaves
- ✓ Mix pasta and sauce
👨👩👧 Grown-Up Jobs
- ⚠️ Boil water
- ⚠️ Drain hot pasta
- ⚠️ Handle hot pan
- ⚠️ Use the hob
⚠️ Food Safety
- • Adult must handle boiling water
- • Adult must drain the hot pasta
- • Garlic can burn quickly — keep stirring
🧩 Try It Your Way
Try adding a handful of frozen peas or sweetcorn.
