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Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta
Actually, the title should have read: Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta with Garlic Bread.
It’s a combination of flavors that’s highly addictive, and I’m so not exaggerating. You should see what happens when I hand a plate full of this to my kid! He opens that tiny mouth and just shoves two servings right in there.
When it’s summer I crave simple, pure, and easy-to-prepare foods. Nothing too complicated, just laid-back dishes that we can eat alfresco. This pasta is one of those simple and mellow recipes that I fall back on time and time again.
Key thing for this wonderfully rich sauce and bread is to use fresh herbs. Bright green and super fresh. Lots and lots of them.
Ingredients:
1 pound spaghetti (little less)
1 medium onion
2 garlic cloves
2 14oz cans diced tomatoes
5oz mascarpone
1 tsp Italian seasoning
salt and pepper
Parmesan curls
fresh basil
Garlic bread:
ciabatta
2 oz butter
1 or 2 tbsp olive oil
good handful fresh basil
1 large garlic clove
1 spring onion
flat-leaf parsley
salt and pepper
Directions:
All my sauces start with a finely minced onion and garlic. I’m boring, I know.
Heat some olive oil and sauté the onion for a minute or 4, until translucent. Add the garlic and give it another minute before pouring in the diced tomatoes.
Season with a pinch of salt, loads of freshly cracked black pepper and a tsp or so Italian seasoning.
Bring the sauce to a boil and let it simmer, over low heat, for 30 minutes. Gives us time to make the flavored butter. Tastiest is to also make your own butter!
Use a food processor and combine the olive oil, butter, a large handful of fresh basil and a few parsley leaves (1:3 ratio). Add the grated garlic and a spring onion.
Pulse until you have a lovely green flavored butter.
I opted for 3 small ciabattas but a large one works just as well.
Slice it in half and spread the butter on the bottom half. Put the halves back together and bake them in a preheated oven at 375ºC (175ºF) 5 to 7 minutes.
Want to up the flavors a little? Feel free to sprinkle some cheese on top of the butter.
Boil the pasta in salted water according to the directions on the package.
After 30 minutes the tomato sauce will have cooked down quite a bit.
Stir in the mascarpone.
Taste to check the seasoning. Add more salt and pepper when needed.
Finish the sauce with lots of finely minced fresh basil.
Drain the pasta and stir it into the sauce adding a little of the cooking liquid as well.
Finish the pasta with lots of Parmesan curls and a few basil leaves. The mascarpone adds a wonderful richness and sweetness that really compliments the tanginess of the tomatoes. The garlic, onion and fresh basil perform the rest of the magic.
La Dolce Vita. Simple, pure, and irresistible.
Serving tip:
Don’t care for garlic bread? Just serve this pasta with a summery Insalata Panzanella or Insalata Surprise on the side.
| Tomato & Mascarpone Pasta | |
| Ingredients |
1 medium onion 2 garlic cloves 2 14oz cans diced tomatoes 5oz mascarpone 1 tsp Italian seasoning salt and pepper Parmesan curls fresh basil Garlic bread: Ciabatta 2 oz butter 1 or 2 tbsp olive oil good handful fresh basil 1 large garlic clove 1 spring onion flat-leaf parsley salt and pepper |
| Directions |
Use a food processor and combine the olive oil, butter, a large handful of fresh basil and a few parsley leaves (1:3 ratio). Add the grated garlic and a spring onion. Pulse until you have a green flavored butter. Slice the ciabatta in half, spread the butter on one half, put the halves back together and bake them in a preheated oven at 375ºC (175ºF) 5 to 7 minutes. Boil the pasta in salted water according to the directions on the package. After 30 minutes you stir the mascarpone into the tomato sauce, check the seasoning and adjust if need be. Finish with lots of finely minced fresh basil. Drain the pasta and stir it into the sauce. Finish the sauce with Parmesan curls and small basil leaves. |
| Meal type: | main course, vegetarian |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Copyright: | © kayotickitchen.com |
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This looks heavenly. And that garlic bread? Oh dear!
It looks so easy and delicious. Copied the recipe and plan to make it soon.
Really nice, love the serving bowl very much!
WOOW that is great posting. I seems that very sweet and delicious. I copies to start for preparing my self :) I bookmarked for reference and shared to my facebook … Thank you so much for sharing and I loved this great blog. Keep it up more
Looks great and simple.
Another great combination with butter is garlic and dill
And also sage butter is delicious.
Or fresh oregano/thyme. You can never go wrong with fresh herbs.
My basil plants grew like wildfire, so decided to use a lot of that first. How I love these fresh herbs.
I absolutely must make that bread. It looks heaven-sent.
Kay
I’m allergic to garlic. But this one was equally delicious (maybe even more so) without it. Congrats. Chef Georgio
O I love the sound of that pasta! But then I love all pasta.. :) You can never go wrong with a good pasta for any day of the week..
oh dear, my husband loves twirling long noodles (he calls them “spaghettis”) with fork+spoon, so i think i have to make this. i don’t know if i can find marscapone here and wonder if frischkaese will do?
once i watched my german sister in law make spaghetti using a maggi seasoning packet and a bunch of heavy cream. i thought “brilliant – cream in a red sauce!” it doesn’t make pasta any healthier though.
I made this for dinner last night and it was SO tasty!
Thanks for a simple, great recipe. The bread was delish too.
I was just “home” in Eindhoven last month and saw something like this served while dining out. Thank you. And to see the AH brand is a hoot on this side of the pond.
the most delicious bread I can remember eating. Thank you. I Love your blog and look forward to every new addition.
Whoa! That was one heavenly addictive pastasauce!
I threw in 2 finely minced chickenbreasts, for the protein.
It was delicious!! I’ll make a double batch next time, because the left-overs were scraped out of my skillet…
2-year-old totally loved it too!
Can’t wait to try the garlic bread.
Wow! looks delicious!
Amazingly delicious. So filling and amazing – I’m glad I didn’t make the garlic bread tonight – would have put me over the edge! I do look forward to making it! Thanks for a great dish Kay, will be making this again and again!
Made this tonight for my 2 kleine spruitjes! They gobbled it up – with both hands – just as promised! I had bagels in the house (American week at Lidl!) so made garlic bagels. They were delicious. So herby and fresh. My 4 year old and 18 month old will have terrible garlic breath tomorrow :-))
Hi! I followed Jenna’s link to you (from Jenna’s Everything Blog) and I can see why she endorses you! Lovely photos and flavorful recipes — YUM! Nice to meet a “friend of a friend!” :)
I just made this yesterday. Heavenly! My husband hummed through the whole meal. No leftovers. :) Love your blog, so glad to have found it!