Easy and Delicious Pasta Dishes
Fresh Tomato Pasta
This is one of my favorite EASY dishes, a delightful change of pace for pasta lovers. It is meant to be a “fresh from the garden” taste experience, that does not need the typical overload of garlic, spices and onions associated with the usual spaghetti sauce. Serves 2
3-4 large tomatoes
1 bunch fresh basil
4 tablespoons butter (more or less to taste)
½ cup+ Asiago or Parmesan cheese, grated
Salt and fresh ground pepper
½ pound angel hair spaghetti
Optional: substitute cream for 2 tablespoons of butter
Note: If using hot house or not-so-nice-fresh tomatoes, add 1-2 tablespoons of tomato paste.
Peel, core and chop the tomatoes. Roll cut the basil into slivers. Cook the tomatoes (and optional tomato paste) in a sauté pan just enough to break down the chunks (10 to 12 Minutes). Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti.
Turn off heat and swirl butter into the sauce, then add the basil, cheese, salt and pepper. Drain the pasta, place in individual bowls, and spoon the sauce over the pasta.
Serve with a salad and herb bread
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https://postfinancecasino.com caught my eye because the fresh tomato pasta recipe here reminds me of summers when my grandmother would refuse to cook the sauce more than absolutely necessary, insisting the tomatoes should still taste like they came off the vine. The note about adding tomato paste for hothouse tomatoes is genuinely practical, since most of us aren't working with garden-fresh produce in January. I've started swirling in the butter off the heat just like this, and it really does make a silkier sauce than adding it while everything's still cooking.