Roasted Tomato and Sausage Pasta

During the summer, cooking dinner was a time I could spend in the kitchen and concentrate on the meal ahead.  These days, I am also helping with homework while I cook dinner.  So I came up with this great pasta dish that gets done in the oven while I spend time looking over homework and helping practice multiplication tables.  Then all I have to do is boil the pasta and cook a few more minutes on the stove before dinner is ready.  This meal was a big hit with the family. That's a good thing because I see this meal happening a lot this school year. 

Roasted Tomato and Sausage Pasta

by Curry and Comfort

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 70 minutes

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Ingredients (6-8)

• 1 (12oz) box of spaghetti or linguine pasta
• 1lb of kielbasa sausage (any flavor you like)
• 2 pints of grape tomatoes
• 8-10 fresh cloves of garlic
• 1 medium onion sliced
• 1 large handful of fresh basil leaves torn into small pieces
• red chili flakes to taste
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• salt and black pepper to taste
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup starchy pasta water

Instructions

In a 375 degree oven back the sliced kielbasa, sliced onion, grape tomatoes and garlic for 45-55 minutes. Separate the kielbasa from the rest of the ingredients.

Boil pasta in salted water until 90% cooked. Then remove 1 cup of starchy pasta water and set aside. Drain pasta. In the same pot you boiled the pasta add the roasted tomatoes, onions, garlic and starchy pasta water. Smash with a potato masher.

Then add the salt, black pepper, red chili flakes, dried oregano, kielbasa, torn basil leaves and cook for a minute. Toss with cooked pasta and Parmesan cheese for a few more minutes. Serve hot. Enjoy.

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 Step by Step Directions:

In a 375 degree oven back the sliced kielbasa, sliced onion, grape tomatoes and garlic for 45-55 minutes.  Separate the kielbasa from the rest of the ingredients.






Boil pasta in salted water until 90% cooked.  Then remove 1 cup of starchy pasta water and set aside.  Drain pasta.   In the same pot you boiled the pasta add the roasted tomatoes, onions, garlic and starchy pasta water.  Smash with a potato masher.

Then add the salt, black pepper, red chili flakes, dried oregano, kielbasa, torn basil leaves and cook for a minute.  Toss with cooked pasta and Parmesan cheese for a few more minutes.  Serve hot.  Enjoy.

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