Penne Arrabiata

Photo: Natasha Bull

Ingredients

• olive oil
• chopped onion
• 4 cloves of minced garlic
• ½ cup red wine
• 2 T brown sugar
• 2 T basil
• 1 can tomato paste
• 1 T red pepper flakes
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 x 400g tins crushed tomatoes
• penne pasta

Method

Heat oil in a heavy-based pan. Saute onion and garlic for 5 minutes. Stir in wine, sugar, basil, red pepper flakes, tomato paste, pepper. Combine. Mix in crushed tomatoes and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer for 20 minutes. Mix into al dente penne.