Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes

How about preparing a nice pasta and fresh cherry tomatoes? The season helps us by providing us with juicy and fragrant vegetables ideal for experimenting with recipes for a sauce with fresh tomatoes to lick your mustache. You can use any shape of pasta but the king of this dish is spaghetti!

Their very sweet and aromatic taste is really perfect for seasoning pasta. If you like a spicy note you can always add a pinch of chili in the pan together with garlic... The only ingredients of this simple and quick recipe but with exceptional results! Remember that for the perfect fresh cherry tomato pasta you have to choose ripe cherry tomatoes that are the richest in flavor. But let's see the recipe for spaghetti with fresh cherry tomatoes and some of the most popular variations of pasta with cherry tomatoes.

These are the dishes that I prefer precisely because few ingredients are needed and within everyone's reach, very fast cooking and the result is a dish that in its taste has nothing to envy to more complicated dishes and rich in ingredients. In short, when you have little time to devote to the kitchen but you do not want to give up taste, this is the ideal dish!

INGREDIENTS

SPAGHETTI 350 gr

RIPE CHERRY TOMATOES 350 gr

GARLIC 1 clove

EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL 2 tablespoons

BASIL to taste

SALT to taste

CHILI PEPPER to taste (optional)

PREPARATION

Wash the cherry tomatoes. Peel a clove of garlic. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and set aside. In a large pan, brown the garlic in a little oil. If you want to add chili pepper do it now. Add the cherry tomatoes and a little salt to the pan. Meanwhile, cook the spaghetti in plenty of boiling salted water, drain them al dente and add them to the cherry tomatoes. Season the pasta with the cherry tomato sauce by adding the basil leaves.

Serve hot!

VARIATIONS

To obtain tasty variations of spaghetti with fresh tomatoes, all you have to do is add the ingredients you prefer, such as breadcrumbs, a handful of olives or tuna. With the cherry tomato sauce we are fine both green olives and black olives. Remove the pit and chop them into small pieces before dipping them in a pan to flavor them together with the cherry tomatoes. For four people, about twenty olives are enough. For a more full-bodied taste, fry half an onion before adding olives and cherry tomatoes. The simple spaghetti with fresh tomatoes are enriched with chopped pine nuts, a handful of breadcrumbs and salted ricotta, a very tasty Sicilian-inspired recipe. Also, try the recipe for spaghetti pomodoro e mozzarella, a quick pasta made with cherry tomatoes and cheese, a sort of caprese pasta to prepare on special occasions. For a stronger taste, choose buffalo mozzarella.