Spaghetti with Sun Gold Tomato Sauce
A delicate pasta dish featuring sweet Sun Gold or cherry tomatoes in a fragrant herb-infused sauce. The aromatics of basil, thyme, tarragon, star anise, and clove create a sophisticated twist on classic tomato sauce.
Ingredients
- •2 tablespoons olive oil
- •1 small onion
- •2 cloves garlic
- •2 sprigs basil
- •1 sprig thyme
- •½ sprig tarragon
- •1 pod star anise
- •1 whole clove
- •4 cups Sun Gold or cherry tomatoes
- •2 teaspoons Sherry or red wine vinegar
- •to taste Kosher salt and pepper
- •12 ounces spaghetti
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until soft but not brown, 6-8 minutes. Add garlic, basil, thyme, and tarragon sprigs, star anise, and clove, and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add tomatoes and vinegar. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tomatoes release their juices and a sauce forms, 10-15 minutes. Discard thyme, tarragon, and basil sprigs, star anise, and clove. Season sauce with salt and pepper.
25 min
- 2.
Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta cooking liquid.
10 min
- 3.
Add pasta and 1/2 cup pasta cooking liquid to sauce in skillet. Cook, tossing and adding more pasta cooking liquid as needed, until sauce coats pasta, about 2 minutes.
2 min
- 4.
DO AHEAD: Sauce can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Reheat before tossing with spaghetti.
