Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce And Spaghetti both gorgeous and satisfying. Quick assembly then roast/ caramelize those tomatoes, and garlic in olive oil/ thyme.
I’m so excited to share with you this pasta dish. It’s a recipe my friend Craig has been telling me about for a long time. Luckily for me, when he and his beautiful wife Kelley were staying at our house for the weekend, we decided to make this for dinner.
This is a fabulous recipe to make in the cooler weather months of fall, winter or even spring. The oven does most of the work for you. All you need to do is assemble a few ingredients, which takes all of about 5 minutes, then pop them in the oven to slowly roast.
The tomatoes and garlic are roasted for a long time at a low temperature in olive oil with fresh thyme. This concentrates the flavors of the tomatoes and garlic and caramelizes the natural sugars in them making them even yummier. The mixture is enhanced with a bit of brown sugar and balsamic vinegar, which plays up the sweetness of the caramelized tomatoes and garlic.
Then, after all the ingredients are roasted to perfection, it’s all tossed with cooked and well-drained pasta. We chose to serve the sauce with spaghetti, but really it would be delicious with most pasta shapes.
I topped the dressed pasta with just a little sliced flat leaf parsley for color.
This seemingly simple, unassuming looking pasta dish will shock you by just how extremely delicious it is!
This makes a delicious main course or side dish. We like it best it as a side dish with roasted, or BBQ’d chicken and a green salad.
Slow-Roasted Tomato Sauce And Spaghetti
Ingredients
- 1 Pound 6 Ounces Cherry Tomatoes
- 3 Garlic Cloves, Peeled And Smashed
- 1/2 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 Tablespoon Fresh Thyme Leaves, Chopped
- 2 Teaspoon Brown Sugar, Packed
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1/2 Teaspoon Black Pepper
- 16 Ounces Dried Spaghetti
- 2-3 Tablespoon Italian Parsley, Chopped, Optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
- In a nonreactive 9X13 inch baking dish, add the olive oil, balsamic vinegar, thyme, brown sugar, salt and pepper and whisk to combine.
- Add the tomatoes and garlic and toss to coat well.
- Bake in preheated oven until tomatoes are softened and caramelized about 1 hour.
- Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package instructions. Drain well. Pour the drained pasta back into the completely dry pot, it was cooked in. Pour the baked tomatoes and all the rest of the ingredients from the baking pan over the pasta and toss well. Serve.
Nutrition
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Dorothy MacRae says
June 10, 2018 at 5:20 pmCAN YOU USE OTHER TYPES OF TOMATOES IF CHERRY IS NOT AVAILABLE, PLEASE REPLAY ASAP IF POSSIBLE TO MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND THANK YOU FOR YUMMY RECIPES
Kathleen Smith says
June 11, 2018 at 4:13 pmHi Dorothy. This recipe is designed to capitalize on the sweetness and the skins of the cherry tomatoes. The only other tomato I would suggest would be grape tomatoes. Perhaps if you can not find either, you could try a plum tomato, like a Roma and quarter it then proceed with the recipe. I hope that helps!
Also, I sent you an email to make sure you get the info you need! <3