Spaghetti with Roasted Garlic and Home made Marinara

I know the name is bit long but I couldn't help but to mention the actual one. I was inspired by this from the 'The Best Thing I ever Ate' - With Garlic in the Food network. It was one classic recipe. I made this for lunch today and it was simple yet elegant.

Ingredients:
Serves - 2
Spaghetti - 1/2 lb
Garlic - 3 pods ~ 25 cloves
Butter - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 1 tbsp
For the Marinara sauce:
There are lot of recipes for making home made marinara, I went with the one with fresh tomatoes
Ripe big tomatoes - 6 - can substitute with canned crushed tomatoes
Onion - chopped fine - 1/2 cup
Garlic - chopped fine - 3 tbsp
Fresh basil - 6 leaves - chopped fine
Dried Oregano - 1/2 tsp
Olive oil - 3 tbsp
Salt & Pepper - to taste

Method:
Blanch and puree the tomatoes. In a large saucepan, heat 3 tbsp of olive oil and saute the onion and garlic. Fry until the onion is transparent. Add the pureed tomatoes, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Add water as per the thickness required and bring it to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 45 mins to about an hour. This would enable the flavors to cook and infuse well. Meanwhile boil enough quantity of water and add 2 tsps of salt and boil the pasta "al dente" as per the instructions. In a medium skillet, heat the butter and olive oil and roast the whole garlic cloves in medium heat. Take care not the burn it, just a deep brown color is a good indication.
To serve, place the spaghetti in the plate, top with marinara sauce and then the roasted garlic. Enjoy!

Sending this to Healing Foods - Ginger & Garlic event by Siri guest hosted by Sara and CWF-WV-Tomato event by Kiran guest hosted by Sanyukta.

I am also sending this to Presto Pasta Nights #202



Sending this scrumptious pasta dish to 'Only'-Pasta Pizza and Noodles event by Pari, guest hosted by Jayasri and also to Fusion-Pasta event by Ramya.

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