One of the easiest pasta dishes and at the moment my favourite is pasta with homemade pesto and fresh tomatoes. If you don’t have homemade pesto I guess you could use store bought pesto, gasp! Just kidding, use whatever you have on hand.
Prep time 5 minutes Cook time 10-12 min
INGREDIENTS FOR 2
- 160 g pasta of your choice
- 3 heaping tbls of pesto
- 8-10 cherry tomatoes cut in half
- 3 tbls extra virgin olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- salt
1. Cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Save a glass of the pasta water.
2. Meanwhile warm the oil in a medium size skillet over medium high heat with the garlic clove. Add the tomatoes, stir to coat and sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Let cook for about 5 minutes.
2. Add the pesto to the tomatoes – I used 3 cubes of my frozen pesto (I freeze my pesto in an ice cube tray) and warmed it in the micro wave before adding it to the skillet.
3. Drain the pasta 1 min before it’s cooked al dente and pour in the skillet, stir to coat and add a little bit of the pasta water that you have previously saved, and finish cooking.
4. You may want to sprinkle some Parmesan cheese on your plate.
BUON APPETITO!