When your summer garden gives you more cherry tomatoes than you can handle, roast them into this delicious pasta sauce. You can freeze it for the long, cold winter months when summer tomatoes are but a memory.
Servings: 4
Protein: 3g
Calories: 141
Ingredients
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- 3 tbsp quality olive oil
- salt and pepper
- 4 cloves garlic, optional
- 1 tsp crushed red pepper, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°. Place the cherry tomatoes in a rectangular glass or ceramic baking dish. Add garlic cloves if using. Drizzle with the olive oil and shimmy the dish around to coat everything well. Season generously with salt and pepper. Add crushed red pepper flakes if using.
- Cover dish tightly with foil. Bake for 35 minutes or until tomatoes have burst and oil/juices are hot and bubbly.
- Serve over your preferred pasta. The image here shows the sauce over fresh cheese tortellinis and a drizzle of pesto.
Notes
I get so excited about garden fresh cherry tomatoes in the summer that I tend to overdo it. When I have too many to eat before they spoil (never refrigerate them!) I make a batch of this roasted cherry tomato sauce for serving over pasta.
If you don’t plan to use it right away, let it cool completely and transfer to a freezer-safe ziploc bag, freeze for future use. Thaw in refrigerator before reheating.
The picture here shows the sauce over fresh cheese tortellinis. I usually finish the dish with fresh basil leaves and crumbled goat cheese, but if I don’t have fresh basil I just mix some of Jenny’s Basil & Cashew Pesto with olive oil and drizzle that over the top.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.5cup | Calories: 141Cal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 538mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1305IU | Vitamin C: 55mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 2mg
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I am so happy about this simple and delicious looking recipe! Is it okei, may I share this via reblog?
Absolutely! I appreciate the comment. So many recipe blogs have delicious but complicated ideas so I wanted to make sure mine sprinkled in some easy stuff that will inspire even the most tentative cook 🙂
Thank you! Here is the link to the share: https://lifexperimentblog.com/2021/02/21/roasted-cherry-tomato-pasta-sauce-once-upon-a-fritatta/
I agree with you, that is my problem also. Recipes seem to have so many unnecessary ingredients, and often those are really difficult to find if not in the same country, for example. I prefer those with only base ingredients needed. So much nicer 🙂 I think you have gained yourself a new follower!
I’ll be alternating some fancy recipes with ultra simple ideas. Thanks for Following Frittata, and please share with your foodie friends 🙂
Super! I’ll be looking for those. Also, I just did… with about 4 000 of them 😉