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
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Prep Time: 20
Cook Time: 70 minutes
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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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.
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