Roasted Tomato and Garlic Pasta

Name: Roasted Tomato and Garlic Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 600g cherry or Roma tomatoes, halved; 8 cloves garlic, unpeeled; 5 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp sugar; 400g spaghetti or rigatoni; 1/2 tsp chilli flakes; large handful fresh basil; sea salt and pepper to taste

A simple Italian-British pasta built on oven-roasted tomatoes and whole garlic cloves. Squeezing the softened garlic straight from its roasted skins and crushing it into the tomatoes is what turns sharp raw garlic into something sweet and mellow, melting through the whole sauce.

Total time

45 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

British

vegetarianvegan

Ingredients

600gcherry or Roma tomatoes, halved

8 clovesgarlic, unpeeled

5 tbspolive oil

1 tspsugar

400gspaghetti or rigatoni

1/2 tspchilli flakes

large handfulfresh basil

sea salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Toss tomatoes and garlic with 3 tbsp oil and sugar. Roast at 200°C for 30-35 minutes.

Cook pasta al dente.

Squeeze garlic from skins. Crush into the tomatoes.

Toss pasta with tomatoes, remaining oil, chilli and basil.

Season and serve.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

165

Protein

0.6g

Fat

17.1g

Carbs

3.3g

Fiber

0.3g

Sodium

2mg

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