Spaghetti with Smoky Tomatoes and Onions
A rustic Italian pasta dish featuring grilled plum tomatoes and red onions tossed with spaghetti in a garlic-infused olive oil, finished with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- •1½ tablespoons minced garlic
- •⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- •6 whole plum tomatoes
- •1 large red onion
- •¾ pound spaghetti
- •⅓ cup grated parmesan
- •½ cup coarsely chopped basil
- •1 piece disposable foil pan
- •to taste grated parmesan
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Prepare grill for direct-heat cooking over hot charcoal (high heat for gas), leaving about one third of grill free of coals (or, for a gas grill, shutting off one or two burners); see Grilling Procedure .
10 min
- 2.
Put garlic and 1/4 cup oil in foil pan and put on grill over area with no coals.
2 min
- 3.
Rub remaining oil all over tomatoes and onion and season with salt and pepper, then grill over coals, turning occasionally, until well browned, 4 to 5 minutes. Coarsely chop tomatoes and add to garlic oil with onion.
5 min
- 4.
Cook spaghetti in a pasta pot of well-salted boiling water until al dente. Reserve 1/4 cup cooking water, then drain pasta. Toss with reserved water, parmesan, basil, contents of foil pan, and salt and pepper to taste.
12 min
