Angel Hair Tomato Basil Toss
Ingredients
- Olive Oil - 1/2 cup
- Garlic - 2 clover
- Green Onions - 1/4 cup chopped
- Tomatoes - 3 large
- Fresh Basil - 2 Tbs chopped
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Fresh Ground Black Pepper - 1/4 tsp
- Angel Hair Pasta - 1/2 lb.
Instructions
In large skillet, heat oil. Add garlic and green onions. Save some of the top chopped green onion for garnish. Stir fry for on minute. Prepare water for pasta, while water boiling quickly hold tomatoes with fork or slotted spoon into boiling water for approximately 15 seconds. You want skin to start to come away from tomato. Skin and dice tomatoes while you continue to cook angel hair pasta. Add to garlic mixture. Stir. When pasta is cooked save some pasta water when straining pasta, you may need extra liquid for sauce. Place pasta in serving dish and top with tomato mixture, you may add, if needed, the pasta water that you saved at this time. Stir well. Top with grated Parmesan cheese, preferably Parmigiano-Reggiano. Add coarse ground black pepper on top and garnish with chopped green onion tops. Serve immediately.