Pasta with Sun Gold Tomatoes
A light and flavorful pasta dish featuring blistered Sun Gold tomatoes, garlic, and fresh basil tossed with your choice of thin pasta and finished with Pecorino or Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- •4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- •8 ounces Sun Gold or cherry tomatoes
- •2 cloves garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- •¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- •1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- •6 ounces capellini, spaghetti, or bucatini
- •¾ cup finely grated Pecorino or Parmesan
- •8 leaves medium fresh basil leaves, torn into pieces
- •2 tablespoons Toasted breadcrumbs (for garnish; optional)
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add tomatoes, garlic, and red pepper flakes, season with salt, and cook, covered slightly and swirling pan often, until tomatoes blister and burst, 10-12 minutes. Press down on tomatoes to release their juices. Remove pan from heat and set aside.
12 min
- 2.
Meanwhile, bring 3 quarts water to a boil in a 5 quart pot. Season with salt; add pasta and cook, stirring occasionally, until about 2 minutes before tender. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking water.
8 min
- 3.
Transfer pasta to skillet with tomatoes; set over high heat. Add 1/2 cup pasta water. Cook, stirring and tossing often, until sauce thickens and begins to coat the pasta, about 1 minute. Stir in remaining oil, cheese, and half the basil and toss until sauce coats pasta and pasta is al dente. (Add more pasta water if sauce seems dry.) Add remaining basil, season with salt, and serve with breadcrumbs, if desired.
3 min
