Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce

Cherry Tomatoes.  Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The best way to get the maximum amount of flavour out of your tomatoes is to roast them.  This pasta sauce recipe is delicious and relatively easy to make.

Ingredients:

4 cups cherry tomatoes with stems removed
6 cloves garlic
Extra virgin olive oil
2 teaspoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
Salt and pepper to season
1/4 cup fresh basil leaves

Method:

1. Halve the cherry tomatoes and place them in a baking dish.  Add whole garlic cloves, drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and scatter parsley over the top.  Season with salt and pepper and bake at 190 C for around thirty minutes or until the skins come away from the tomato flesh.

2. Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly.  Remove skins from tomatoes and garlic and discard.

3. Add tomatoes, garlic, basil and the juices from the baking dish to a food processor or blender and pulse until a thick sauce is formed.  Serve with pasta of your choice.