Fresh Tomato Pasta
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 25 min
- Difficulty
- Easy
History & Origin
Pasta al pomodoro celebrates the nineteenth-century marriage of Italian pasta and tomatoes, which had become fully accepted in southern Italian cooking. This quick sauce depends on ripe tomatoes, olive oil and basil rather than long simmering or heavy seasoning.