Pasta with Prosciutto, Tomato & Oregano

Name: Pasta with Prosciutto, Tomato & Oregano
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 100 g(3½ oz) sliced prosciutto crudo, cut into strips; grated parmesan cheese, to serve; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 400 g(14 oz) tinned diced tomatoes; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed between your fingers; 350 g(12 oz) spaghetti

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples for Jam

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2010

About

This is my friend Mariella’s spaghetti — it is so easy and a good variation on tomato pasta. I sometimes use ham and sometimes prosciutto crudo, and for adults I scatter in a bit of chopped chilli at the last minute.

Ingredients

4 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
400 g(

Main course

Method

Heat half the oil in a saucepan and sauté the garlic over medium-low heat until you start to smell it. Add the tomatoes, oregano and some salt, lower the heat a little and simmer for 15–20 minutes, crushing up the tomatoes with your wooden spoon every now and then as you stir so that it all melts int