Creamy pasta sauce

Makes about 4 or 5 servings.

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1/2 onion, minced
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 70 g tomato paste
• 3/4 cup cream
• 40 g parmesan, finely grated
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• reserved pasta water
• salt

Instructions

1. Heat oil and butter on medium and add onions, cooking until soft.
2. Add garlic and pepper and cook a bit longer.
3. Reduce heat to low and stir in tomato paste. Cook a few minutes longer.
4. Add cream, then lemon juice, then parmesan, stirring until it all melts.
5. Add reserved pasta water and salt to taste.
6. Serve with penne and basil, or whatever you’d like.

Notes

• Be careful to avoid curdling the cream. You don’t want to boil it.