I love it when The Secret Recipe Club challenge arrives in my inbox! Even when I am very busy and think I might not have time to get it all done for the month. This month I was assigned Melissa’s Cuisine and I spent a morning reading through her blog. Melissa’s husband Mike is certainly very lucky that she enjoys spending so much time in the kitchen! I once again decided to make a pasta dish. This is a meal I can create over the weekend and both Dave and I can enjoy it on a Sunday night when we come back from our weekly wine tasting. As we have a great selection of exotic tomatoes at the moment, this recipe for pasta with roasted tomatoes stood out as the one I wanted to make.
Today’s inspirational recipe from Lavender and Lime ♥ Pasta With Roasted Tomatoes ♥ #LavenderAndLime Share on X
I printed the recipe out the day after we got our assignments, and again, life got in the way of blogging. We went away for a long weekend, and I did not want to leave it to the Sunday night before our reveal date to make this dish. I went home early one day last week as we had no electricity at work, and used the time I had spare to make supper. Everything was ready to go when Dave got home from gym which was great. I have adapted the recipe as we don’t get ground turkey in South Africa and I can say it was lovely.
Pasta with Roasted Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 shallot, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 15 mls olive oil
- 15 mls balsamic vinegar
- 5 mls fructose
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
- 5 mls olive oil
- 250 g ground beef
- 5 mls dried basil
- 5 mls tomato paste
- 60 mls water
- 200 g pasta of your choice
- 40 g Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1 small handful fresh basil, chopped
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- In a bowl, toss the tomatoes with the shallot, garlic, 1 tablespoon olive oil, vinegar and sugar
- Season to taste
- Spread the tomatoes out on a baking sheet cut side down and cook for 30 minutes
- Remove the tomatoes from the oven and set aside to cool
- Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions and when you drain the pasta reserve a cup of the water
- When you put the pasta water on to boil, heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large frying pan
- Brown the mince and then season to taste
- Add the dried basil and tomato paste and cook until all the liquid has come out of the meat
- Add the tomatoes and ¼ cup of water and leave on a low heat
- When the pasta has two minutes cooking time left, add the fresh basil and the Parmesan
- Add the pasta and loosen the sauce with some of the pasta water
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I am submitting this recipe to Presto Pasta Nights, which is being hosted this week by Simona of Briciole.
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This looks delicious! I have a few tomatoes ripening in the garden that might be destined for this sauce. Great pick 🙂
thanks Amanda! How I wish I could get my tomatoes to grow successfully 🙂
Mmm, roasting tomatoes really does bring out a wonderful flavour!
my kitchen smelt amazing while they were in the oven 🙂
I love the cherry tomatoes with balsamic vinegar. Yum!
I could eat a bowlful of them as is 🙂
Yummy. This looks really good, Tandy.
thanks AD 🙂
OH, pasta is my weak spot! YUM!
My recipe from SRC today was amazing too! Come check it out! http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/2012/06/german-chocolate-cracker-candy-secret.html
Mine too Tina – I will hop on over later to read your blog 🙂
I love using roasted tomatoes in a sauce – everything comes together so quickly. Great SRC pick!
thanks Erin, and I love your blog name 🙂
Hi Tandy! I’m so glad you enjoyed this recipe! I have not made it in a long time–I nearly forgot about it. Thanks for picking it and reminding me 🙂
thank you Melissa, I had such great fun picking something to make from your blog, and I am so pleased this is what I chose 🙂
Good inspiration! I have some zucchini I might roast with the tomatoes and throw it in as well.
that sounds like a great idea – I might have to s’teal’ it from you 🙂
This sounds so delicious~I can practically smell it cooking on the stove.
This is definitely going on my “must make” list!
HI Teri, please let me know what you think when you make it 🙂
What a great recipe. Love the roasted tomatoes, such a rich sauce then C:
roasting them first made such a difference 🙂
This is undoubtedly the most classic and delicious pasta of all my friend, wonderful 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Thank you dear CCU 🙂
Full of lovely flavours.
🙂 Mandy
thank you Mandy 🙂
Tandy does it again with a delicious pasta dish!
I am getting a bit obvious maybe, but to me there is nothing better than a bowl of pasta 🙂
I think this recipe could be absolutely splendid! Yum!
it can indeed 🙂
Classic! Mangia!
grazie 🙂
What a yummy looking pasta dish! Great SRC pick.
thank you Cindy 🙂
Sounds yummy! Roasted tomatoes taste so great – especially with pasta. 😀 Glad to be in group C with you. 🙂
thank you so much Erin 🙂
Love roasted tomatoes and this looks like a wonderful dinner.
If you haven’t already, I’d love for you to check out my group “A” SRC entry: Candied Popcorn.
Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook
Thanks for the visit Lisa – I will hop on over to your blog later 🙂
This recipe sounds a little less fraught than previous ones! Nice and tasty though 🙂
It was indeed Claire 🙂
The secret recipe club sounds like such an interesting concept! What a great way to revitalise what you cook at home! 🙂
It is a great way to try something you would not normally cook 🙂
Roasting the tomatoes makes them so sweet and yummy. I also find it hard to find ground turkey in Hong Kong or even just turkey as a matter of fact here.
I have never seen it or tasted it, but afterwards I wondered if I should have used ground chicken instead 🙂
sounds deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-liciousssssssssssssssssssssss 🙂
thanks so much 🙂
Roasted tomatoes have such a great flavor! You definitely chose an awesome dish.
thanks Joanne 🙂
Looks perfect!
thank you Greg 🙂
I could eat roasted tomatoes like candy!
I could too!
Yum! Looks superb! I love the secret recipe club idea!
it is a great way to meet other bloggers, and make something you would not normally make 🙂
Mmm, I bet this is delicious! Everything roasted tomato (and sun-dried tomato…okay, maybe just “tomato” in general…) is so good and tastes so rich and summery.
I love sun dried tomatoes baked into bread!
Ooo, now I know what I’ll be craving the rest of the day…don’t suppose you have a good recipe for that? ;D
I will post one soon!
Ohh, I am looking forward to this!
Now I have another menu option for the bounty of tomatoes that are about to appear. We planted 20!! plants this year. I think might have been a little excessive 🙂
wow, that is amazing Aimee! I am sure you will come up with a lot of recipes with tomatoes this summer 🙂
What an excellent evening’s meal, Tandy.. really, really great!
ps I think I have the worst memory ever.. but have you changed up your blog’s appearance?? Anyway.. it’s so pretty! xo Smidge
thanks Smidge, and your memory is amazing – I have changed the theme and thank you for the compliment 🙂
MMM..a tasty & easy recipe to make! Yum yum yum! So much flavour in here!
thank you dear Sophie 🙂
I cannot grow tomatoes either. Fortunately, there are enough farmers around me who do it well. I love roasting tomatoes: they fill the kitchen with a great smell. Thank you for contributing to Presto Pasta Nights.
It is great that you have good farmers nearby 🙂
What a great dish, Tandy!
and easy to make 🙂