August 1, 2010

Summer Garden Pasta





I was recently given a gift certificate for Indigo and I knew exactly what I wanted to buy -- a cookbook by Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa. For years, I have enjoyed watching her on the Food Network for her simple, classic recipes and she always just looks so happy cooking! Though I guess if I had her kitchen in the Hamptons, I might too!

Anyway, so I just got two of her books in the mail and they are beautiful. Nice glossy pages with beautiful photos and I was immediately inspired to make three dishes of hers and they were all easy and full of flavour.

The first I made was the summer garden pasta. Angel hair pasta topped with a simple mixture of cherry tomatoes, olive oil, fresh basil and garlic. You had to marinade the sauce for a few hours before so all the flavours infused together and it smelled like nothing else. I couldn't wait to eat this one!


Ingredients
Adapted from The Barefoot Contessa at Home
  • fresh angel hair pasta (make your own using this recipe)
  • 2 pints cherry tomatoes, halved
  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 4 cloves freshly minced garlic
  • 10 leaves fresh basil, chiffonaded
  • 1 cup grated fresh parmesan
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions
  • In a bowl, combine cherry tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, basil and salt and pepper. Toss and let sit for about four hours.
  • Bring large pot of salted water to a boil and cook pasta. Drain.
  • Put tomato mixure in a large pan and warm. Add in pasta and toss, fully coating pasta. Add parmesan and stir, letting it melt throughout.
  • Serve warm with more parmesan and basil for presentation.

4 comments:

  1. Wow! this looks delicious, I'm definitly going to try this one.

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  2. So I did make this one tonight, and it is delicious. But the next time I make it I'm going to add boccaccini and maybe even some seared beef, if I'm really hungry.

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  3. Patti, that sounds delicious! The second night we had it we added some grilled chicken to it, too, and it was wonderful.

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  4. Very impressive . . . and you also made your own pasta!!!

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