Simple delicious pasta. This Pappardelle Pasta with a Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce is really beautiful. I feel like this is one of those recipes where you make it the first time you have a boy over at your house and you cook. Simple, no fuss, no screw up, delicious recipes. I feel like cooking for a boy for the first time, you don’t want to do anything that could totally bomb. So this is one of those recipes.
♥ Teri
Parpardelle Pasta with a Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce
Serves 3 to 5
Ingredients:
sauce:
1 ½ lbs cherry tomatoes, halved
1 tablespoon thyme, minced
1 garlic clove, lightly smashed
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes with the juices
1 cup basil, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons oregano, minced
½ cup red wine
1 lb fresh parpardelle pasta
garnish:
2 tablespoons basil, chopped
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Bring a large pot up to a boil.
3. Season with a generous amount of salt and add pasta. Stir.
4. Cook until al dente, about 4 to 5 minutes for fresh pasta and 8 to 10 for dry.
5. Drain, reserving ½ cup of pasta water, and gently toss pasta with olive oil. Set aside.
6. Place the cherry tomatoes, thyme, garlic and olive oil onto a baking sheet and toss together.
7. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes, or until soft and lightly caramelized.
8. Pour half of the cherry tomatoes into a small bowl and set aside.
9. Pour the remaining cherry tomatoes into a blender with the canned tomatoes, basil and oregano. Season with salt and pepper and puree until smooth.
10. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and stir in the red wine.
11. Simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
12. Toss the sauce, pasta and pasta water together and finish with remaining roasted tomatoes and chopped basil. Serve warm.
Well, I’ll be looking forward to making this on my Friday date! I’m sure he’s going to love it.
Ohhh!!! Please let us know how it goes! :)
This dish is amazing!! I added chili pepper flakes while the sauce was simmering to give it a little spice and invited my friend and my Italian neighbors for dinner- and the Italians loved it! Definitely a dish that I will make time and again- thank you!
Yay! So glad everything worked out great for you!
This is almost too pretty to eat. But I totally would anyways.
I made this last night. ZOMG! A new favorite for us. Absolutely delicious.
Looks really good! The tomato sauce looks pretty easy to make so I have you saved and will be making it soon, but probably not until after the holidays! However, I will follow up after posting to let you know how mine came out. ! Thanks for posting!!
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I am genuinely making this for a first ‘me making dinner’ date with a new boy. Very nervous/excited! Looks delish. :)
How fun! I know how nerve-racking this can be, but this is such an easy and delicious recipe, you’ll be fine! Good luck, it’ll be great!
What type of red wine do you suggest? I live in Mexico so we dont have to many options. Thank you
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