Garlic and Cherry Tomato Pasta. A simple vegetarian recipe for pasta with cherry tomatoes and garlic with chili flakes, lemon zest and fresh basil. Roasting garlic scapes with tomatoes and red onion sweetens them and enriches their flavor; toss them with pasta, lemon juice, and arugula for a simple summer meal. Garlic Scape and Cherry Tomato Pasta. Burst Cherry Tomato Sauce is one amazingly simple pasta sauce that best utilize the flavors of fresh sweet summer cherry tomatoes. With little bit of seasonings, perfume of pan roasted garlic, and a splash of cooking wine, and this pasta sauce comes together super-fast!

Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta is one of the first recipes I ever posted on this blog (and while the recipe remains the same, the photos needed some updating)! I love this recipe and I've been making it for as many years as I can remember. Fresh cherry tomatoes, garlic, olive oil. You can cook Garlic and Cherry Tomato Pasta using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Garlic and Cherry Tomato Pasta

You need 6 of cherry tomatoes, cut in half.
Prepare 4 of spring onions, sliced and reserve greens.
It's 8 of garlic cloves, finely diced or sliced.
You need 1 of red chilli, finely sliced or diced.
Prepare 4 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
It's of onion salt.
You need of cracked black pepper.
It's 1 of bay leaf.
You need 100 grams of dried pasta.
Prepare of water.
Prepare of sea salt.

Cooking garlic cloves whole and then mashing them into the sauce not only saves time, it creates a mellow garlic flavor that melds. Using cherry tomatoes saves time so if you use other kinds of tomatoes it may take longer. Add garlic tomato mixture and parsley, tossing to coat. Serve with sprinkle freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Garlic and Cherry Tomato Pasta step by step

Follow the packet instructions to cook the pasta. Do add some sea salt to the water to give the pasta some taste..
In the meantime heat the olive oil on high then reduce heat to low- medium and add the garlic, chilli, bay leaf and white part of the spring onions. Fry for 2-4 minutes until it has softened (Be careful not to burn the garlic and onion)..
Then add the tomatoes, salt and pepper and fry for a further 3-4 minutes or until the tomatoes have softened..
Drain the pasta well and transfer to a plate..
Spoon the fried ingredients over the pasta. Then sprinkle with the greens..
serve an enjoy..

Recipe: Recipe Information - Description: - Garlic and cherry tomato pasta is a delicious American recipe usually served as a main dish. Stir frequently to ensure the garlic does not burn. A fresh Tuscan cherry tomato sauce for spaghetti is best with garlic. And onion is better in the sauce for fettuccine - if you want to make genuine Italian pasta! Italian Cherry Tomato Sauce for Spaghetti and Fettuccine.