Cooking Instructions

• To get started, you need to make the pasta. Heat a large pot of water to boiling, add the pasta noodles, and cook them according to the package instructions.
• Be sure to reserve 1 cup of the cooked pasta water before you drain and rinse the noodles. Set the cooked noodles aside until you add them into the sauce.
• To make the red sauce, you will need a large skillet.
• Heat up the olive oil in the skillet over medium heat.
• Add in the garlic and cook that for about a minute.
• After the garlic has cooked for no more than a minute, add the tomato paste, cream, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Cook these ingredients together until they are heated through.
• At this point, you may need to add a little of the reserved pasta water to the sauce. Add one tablespoon of water at a time until you reach your desired consistency of the sauce.
• Finally, pour in the cooked cavatappi noodles and mix everything together until the noodles are coated with the red sauce.
• Garnish with fresh parsley and serve warm.