The first pasta sauce involved sautéed garlic and a few other kitchen staples First, I wanted to try the recipe that involved combining pasta with sautéed garlic, lemon zest, pasta water ...
But it was his article on tomato sauce that shot him to fame ... 1/4 tsp salt, 160 grams spaghetti, 5 “shiso” leaves 1. Finely chop garlic and onion. Cut shiso into fine strips.
Mum wasn’t home to prepare dinner so we had to do it, but we also had the freedom to prepare spaghetti on toast three nights a week. It was pre-internet so we lived relatively anonymous lives ...