Ever since the first week of my CSA share, I have anxiously awaited the arrival of fresh tomatoes. This week, I received my first batch! The share came with a bag of Roma tomatoes, a bag of Red tomatoes, and a pint of Sungold cherry tomatoes so expect quite a few tomato recipes to be posted in the coming days. Because this is my first real batch of in season tomatoes, I wanted to begin with a meal that would highlight how fresh these little guys are. Food & Wine’s Fusilli with Summer Tomato Sauce seemed like the perfect choice.
Ingredients:
2 pounds ripe tomatoes (about 4), chopped
1 large clove garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/4 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon fresh-ground black pepper
2/3 cup lightly packed fresh basil
1 pound fresh fettuccine pasta
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese, plus more for serving
Heat a pasta pot of water over high heat and bring to a boil.
Roughly chop your tomatoes and mince the garlic.
Add the tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, salt & pepper to a food processor and puree.
Add the basil and pulse to mix.
Add salt to the pasta pot so that the pasta doesn’t stick together while cooking. Add the pasta. The original recipe used fusilli. If you use this, cook according to the directions on the box. I used a fresh fettuccine pasta I picked up at By George! in Reading Terminal because I thought it might soak up the sauce better.
Drain the pasta and toss with the tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese.
Set aside for one minute so the pasta can absorb the liquid.
Top with additional Parmesan and serve.
Wow. I wish a quick batch of pasta always tasted this good. I was stunned with how delicious this was for so little work. (Honestly, the longest part of the process was waiting for the water to come to a boil). I really do believe that the fresh pasta is a way to go for this dish.
The tomato sauce is super thin, so if you prefer a chunky sauce, you might want to finely chop another tomato and put it to the side. Add the chopped tomato to the puree when you are mixing it with the pasta.
This looks delicious and your tomatoes are absolutely stunning! I love tomatoes, so I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
A good idea for a meal for me to cook and try out at home, nice tomatoes. Lovely and yummy.
Farm fresh tomatoes in season cannot be topped in flavor. Fettucine is one pasta I ahve not cooked very often
Looks so delicious!
Ain’t tomato season just the best!!!
What a fresh amazing sauce with all of your tomatoes!
Sounds divine! and so simple! 🙂
Oh this is my kind of lunch..looks awesome!
I think I am going to try this! We have some tomatoes from the garden that need to be used ASAP. Looks gorgeous. Buzzed!
Pasta is always better with homemade sauce! This looks really fresh and tasty! I could go for a bowl right now please!
Oh yum! This dish looks delicious! It’s breakfast time here but I’m sure I can make an exception lol. Thanks for sharing, great post! =]