Giada’s Spaghetti O’s

Recipe derived from Giada

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 55 minutes
Total time:1 hour, 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled only
• 3 (14 oz.) cans Corbara tomatoes
• 1 red onion, peeled and quartered
• 3 medium carrots, peeled and cut in quarters
• 2 large basil sprigs, torn
• 1 (2-inch) Parmesan cheese rind
• 1 tsp. kosher salt
• 1 lb. nodi marini, gnocchetti pasta or Anellini (O’s)
• 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup shredded white cheddar cheese (optional)

Instructions

1. Add the olive oil to a large pot or Dutch oven and add the garlic cloves and cook for 3 minutes
2. Add the 3 cans of cherry tomatoes with juice. Nestle the onions and carrots in the sauce. Add the basil, and the Parmesan cheese rind.
3. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
4. Add Kosher salt and stir to combine.
5. Remove the onion and Parmesan rind. Add all ingredients to a blender and blend. If using an immersion blender, remove the carrots as well. Return ingredients back to the pot.
6. Add 2 Tbsp. butter.
7. Meanwhile, cook the pasta as directed.
8. Add the cooked pasta directly to the sauce pot. Add the Parmesan cheese and stir to combine. Top individual bowls with a few shreds of cheese.

Comments

1. We use canned cherry tomatoes in place of Corbara tomatoes due to ease of finding them.
2. We replaced the pasta with Anellini pasta for authentic O shapes,