Fast and Easy Pasta With Blistered Cherry Tomato Sauce
- ⏱ 30 minutes
- Medium
- Serves 6
- 👥 2-cook recipe
Pasta is combined with a creamy sauce of blistered cherry tomatoes, garlic, basil, olive oil, and Parmesan.
Adapted from Serious Eats.
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COOK 1COOK 2
1Mise en place
2Slice the garlic
Thinly slice the garlic cloves
3Plate and serve
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COOK 2COOK 1
1Mise en place
Prep 1 oz basil leaves: roughly chop
2Slice the garlic
3Plate and serve
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Ingredients
- 450 g dry pasta
- kosher salt, to taste
- 4 garlic cloves (thinly sliced)
- 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil (divided)
- 1 1/2 lb cherry tomatoes
- 1 oz fresh basil leaves (roughly chopped)
- freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- Parmesan cheese, to taste
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1. Mise en place COOK 1
- Prep 1 oz basil leaves: roughly chop
2. Slice the garlic COOK 2
- Thinly slice the garlic cloves
3. Cook the pasta COOK 1
- In a large skillet or sauté pan, place the dry pasta and cover with water and a big pinch of salt
- Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally
- Boil until just shy of al dente, about 1 minute less than the package instructions recommend
4. Make the sauce COOK 2
- In a 12-inch skillet, heat the garlic cloves and 4 tablespoons (60ml) extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the garlic is softened but not browned, about 3 minutes
- Add the cherry tomatoes and cook, stirring, until the tomatoes begin to burst, about 10 minutes, You can help them along by pressing on them with the back of a wooden spoon as they soften
- Continue to cook until the sauce is rich and creamy, about 5 minutes longer
- Stir in the fresh basil leaves and season to taste with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
🤝 Cook 1 hands over the basil leaves.
5. Combine pasta and sauce COOK 1
- When the pasta is cooked, drain, reserving 1 cup (240ml) pasta water
- Add the pasta to the sauce and increase the heat to medium-high
- Cook, stirring and tossing constantly and adding reserved pasta water as necessary to adjust consistency to a nice, creamy flow
- Remove from heat, stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons (30ml) extra-virgin olive oil, and grate in a generous shower of Parmesan cheese
🤝 Cook 2 hands the 12-inch skillet to Cook 1.
6. Plate and serve BOTH
- Serve immediately, passing extra Parmesan cheese at the table
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