Recipe of the Week
Sweet and Simple: Angel Hair Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes
Monday, June 07, 2010
Suzy loves a Summer Garden Pasta. It combines her two great loves: pasta and fresh vegetables.
Michelle Jaffee of Sweet and Simple in Fairfield, Connecticut offered us this recipe for Angel Hair Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes. (Check out her website, too.)
Serves 6-8
4 pints cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tbsp minced garlic (3 cloves)
A handful +/- of julienned basil leaves (reserve some for serving)
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 1/4 lbs angel hair pasta
1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese for the table
Combine the cherry tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, basil, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
Cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for about 4 hours.
Before serving, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Cook the pasta according to the package directions being careful not to overcook it.
Drain but do not rinse the pasta, add it to the bowl with cherry tomatoes and toss.
Garnish each bowl of pasta with some of the reserved basil and serve immediately.
Pass a bowl of freshly grated Parmesan cheese at the table.
Michelle Jaffee of Sweet and Simple in Fairfield, Connecticut offered us this recipe for Angel Hair Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes. (Check out her website, too.)
Serves 6-8
4 pints cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 cup olive oil
1 tbsp minced garlic (3 cloves)
A handful +/- of julienned basil leaves (reserve some for serving)
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 1/4 lbs angel hair pasta
1/2 cups freshly grated Parmesan cheese for the table
Combine the cherry tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, basil, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper.
Cover with plastic wrap and set aside at room temperature for about 4 hours.
Before serving, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Cook the pasta according to the package directions being careful not to overcook it.
Drain but do not rinse the pasta, add it to the bowl with cherry tomatoes and toss.
Garnish each bowl of pasta with some of the reserved basil and serve immediately.
Pass a bowl of freshly grated Parmesan cheese at the table.
