Fresh blistered tomato sauce with torn mozzarella that melts into hot pasta. Summer simplicity.
At a Glance
Prep
5m
Cook
15m
Serves
1
Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients
- pasta (rigatoni or fusilli) 100g
- cherry tomatoes 200g
- olive oil 2 tbsp
- garlic, sliced 2 cloves
- fresh mozzarella, torn 80g
- fresh basil handful
- salt, pepper, chilli flakes to taste
Method
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Blister tomatoes
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over high heat. Add the 200g of cherry tomatoes and let them blister and burst, about 5 minutes. Add 2 cloves of sliced garlic and chilli flakes, cooking 1 minute.
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Cook pasta
Boil the 100g of pasta in well salted water until al dente, saving a splash of pasta water.
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Combine
Toss the pasta with the tomatoes and a splash of pasta water. Remove from heat. Add 80g of torn mozzarella and basil. The residual heat melts the cheese.
Slop Notes
Tearing the mozzarella rather than slicing gives you irregular melty pockets throughout the pasta.