Prepare the tomato broth

• Bring the water with the salt to a boil in a pot.
• Whisk in the tomato paste.
• Add the basil and let it simmer.

Start the spicy tomato base

• Heat a good drizzle of olive oil in a pan.
• Cook the garlic cloves with the chili pepper.
• Add the tomato sauce.

Add the spaghetti and build the crust

• Add the spaghetti and cover with the tomato sauce.
• Leave it untouched to form a crust.
• Flip the spaghetti and crisp the other side.

Cook like a risotto

• Add the broth a few ladles at a time.
• Add more broth as soon as the pasta absorbs it, until al dente.

Serve

• Serve the spaghetti as soon as they are al dente.