# Tomato Pasta

A delicious pasta dish with less than 10 ingredients that comes together quickly.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Drink
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- garlic
- olive oil
- cherry tomatoes
- pinch salt
- lemon zest
- white wine
- cold butter
- cooked pasta
- salty pasta water
- fresh basil
- fresh parsley
- Parmesan
- lemon juice

## Instructions

1. Slice loads of garlic.
2. Fry the sliced garlic in olive oil.
3. Cut the cherry tomatoes into halves.
4. Add the cherry tomatoes into the pan with a pinch of salt.
5. Cook the tomatoes in olive oil until they start to soften and break apart.
6. Help the tomatoes along by smashing them with a spatula.
7. Once the tomatoes start turning into a sauce, add some lemon zest.
8. Add white wine and reduce by half.
9. Turn off the heat and add in cold butter.
10. Turn the heat back on and stir the butter in until it emulsifies.
11. Add the cooked pasta and salty pasta water.
12. Chop fresh basil.
13. Chop fresh parsley.
14. Add fresh basil, fresh parsley, Parmesan, and lemon juice to the pasta.
15. Mix well.

## Equipment

- pan
- knife
- chopping board
- spatula
- grater
- pot
- spoon
- tongs

## Tips

- Give the tomatoes a little spanking to help them soften and break apart.
- Play it by ear and add more pasta water if the sauce isn't saucy enough for you.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTreDE5rh/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/0e63b0b6-569f-4a43-a96c-1b216844aa2a
- Extracted: 2025-11-20

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