


Roasted Tomatoes and Easy Roasted Tomato Penne
Preserve the summer bounty by roasting your tomatoes, and freezing them. Then you can make this simple but flavorful pasta any time of year.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 8 cups assorted tomatoes halved
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic halved
- coarse salt
Pasta
- 8 ounces penne pasta
- 2 cups roasted tomatoes, from above
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, packed chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, packed chopped
- freshly cracked black peppercorns
- your fave parm
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F. Place the tomatoes in a deep roasting pan, add garlic, olive oil and a generous pinch of salt. Toss to coat
- Roast for about an hour. Take out to cool, then scrape into containers to refrigerate or freeze. This makes about 3 cups.
- For pasta, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, then put the pot back on the stove and add the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, add the pasta, parsley and basil, and season again, to taste, with salt and pepper.
- Serve with your favorite parm on the side.
Roasted Tomatoes and Easy Roasted Tomato Penne
Preserve the summer bounty by roasting your tomatoes, and freezing them. Then you can make this simple but flavorful pasta any time of year.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- 8 cups assorted tomatoes halved
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 6 cloves garlic halved
- coarse salt
Pasta
- 8 ounces penne pasta
- 2 cups roasted tomatoes, from above
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley, packed chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, packed chopped
- freshly cracked black peppercorns
- your fave parm
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 F. Place the tomatoes in a deep roasting pan, add garlic, olive oil and a generous pinch of salt. Toss to coat
- Roast for about an hour. Take out to cool, then scrape into containers to refrigerate or freeze. This makes about 3 cups.
- For pasta, cook pasta according to package directions. Drain, then put the pot back on the stove and add the tomatoes. Bring to a simmer, add the pasta, parsley and basil, and season again, to taste, with salt and pepper.
- Serve with your favorite parm on the side.
For another texture run them through a ricer before or after freezing. 😋