Pasta con Fruitti Di Mare ( Seafood Pasta w/ simple tomato sauce )

It was one of the lazy cooking day , i have been slacking with cooking for a while . We’ve got too much leftovers from cooking the previous days . We finally finished the leftovers from 2-3 days ago of cooking . So it was about time to cook again .. i was going to make shish kebab but changed my mind , and ended up with seafood pasta .

I make my own sauce for the seafood pasta , ever since i learned how to cook and found out how easy it is to make your own pasta sauce , i never use store bought pasta sauce any more , it saves me some money , and home made pasta sauce tastes a whole lot better than jar / store bought pasta . Store bought pasta sauce doesn’t have a great taste to begin with anyway , and knowing how easy to make your own .. so why not making them yourself .

This time i only used simple tomato sauce , seafood adds so much flavour in food , and normally i would use roasted garlic pasta sauce , but not this time , simple tomato sauce would taste so much better . I was right !! The sauce was so easy to make , as long as you have garlic and plum tomatoes , and few italian herbs on hand i think u’ll set to go . So here we go ..

For the simple tomato sauce :

2 (28 oz ) of whole peeled plum tomatoes

6 cloves of garlic , minced

i don’t measure for the herbs , probably just about 1-2 tsp. each of dried oregano and dried basil ( i would use fresh ones , except it’s not even spring yet over here .. use fresh if you have them , it tastes so much better ! )

salt and pepper

1 tbsp. red pepper flakes if u like it spicy , i do

2 tsp. balsamic vinegar

In a pot , heat olive oil , add garlic , and the herbs , cook for a minute or so , add all of the tomatoes with the juice . Salt , pepper and add sugar if u need to , they tend to be too sour for me , i like to add a lil sugar to tone down the acidity . Bring to boil , and then cook on low for 30 minutes , stir occasionally . By the time it’s finished cooking , add balsamic vinegar and taste it , you can add whatever you think it needs ( salt or sugar .. ) I use my immersion blender to puree the chunk tomatoes in there , or just use potato masher if u like the tomatoes to be chunky .

After that , add about 2 cups of mixed frozen seafood in the sauce , bring to boil then simmer for 15 minutes . Cook pasta according to direction . Once pasta is done , mix with the sauce , do not flooded the pasta with the sauce ! Sprinkle with freshly grated parmesan cheese and chopped parsley if u have them on hand . Yummy !!