Simple Meat Sauce Pasta

Ingredients

• 300g pasta
• 400g ground beef
• 1 can crushed tomatoes
• 1 onion, diced
• 3 cloves garlic
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• Parmesan

Steps

1. Cook pasta according to package.
2. Brown onion in oil 3 minutes. Add garlic, cook 1 minute.
3. Add ground beef. Cook over high heat, breaking apart, until browned, 8 minutes.
4. Add canned tomatoes and oregano. Season with salt and pepper.
5. Simmer 10 minutes.
6. Serve sauce over pasta with parmesan.

Why this works

Browning the meat first builds flavor. Adding tomatoes to the browned meat extracts those flavors into the sauce quickly.