Pesto & tomato pasta with crispy crumbs - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 onion, finely chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped or crushed
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
• 2 tsp sugar
• 190g jar basil pesto
• few capers or olives (optional)
• 140g white bread - stale or fresh, whizzed into crumbs (or 140g/5oz breadcrumbs)
• 50g pine nuts, roughly chopped
• 4 tbsp grated parmesan, or vegetarian alternative (optional)
• 25g butter
• 350g/12oz-400g/14oz linguine, spaghetti, tagliatelle or whatever you have in the cupboard