Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

Method

Notes

This recipe comes from the one my mom passed down to me, and that probably comes from the one my grandma used for her family when my mom was growing up. According to my mother, they didn't use garlic growing up, the closest they got being garlic powder on garlic bread (Methodists are weird like that). It has been my change to add actual pasta water rather than just 2 cups of plain water, and I am still working through the best way to incorporate the pasta water to it without either letting the pasta sit cold or making the sauce watery. If you aren't fussy, I would recommend cooking the pasta sufficiently in advance to add the pasta water, but if you want your pasta warm, just add the pasta water about 10 minutes before you intend to serve it and let the sauce continue to cook uncovered while you eat.