Caprese Pasta

 Caprese Pasta

Serves: 6    Prep Time: 20 minutes

This is a super quick recipe that is easy to throw together on a week night, and use up some of those fresh cherry tomatoes from the garden! It reheats really well and makes for a tasty lunch the following day. It's a perfect, light summer dinner. 

Ingredients: 

1 package of halved cherry tomatoes, or equivalent amount from garden

1 red onion, diced

1 box of fettucine noodles

1 tablespoon minced garlic

1 package fresh mozzarella (you can use mozzarella pearls or tear a ball into bite-sized pieces)

Balsamic glaze and fresh basil for garnish 

Olive oil, salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Heat a large pot of water and bring to a boil. Cook pasta according to directions, reserving about 1/2 cup of pasta water from cooking. 

2. Heat a generous drizzle of olive oil in a large pan. 

3. Add in diced red onion and cook until fragrant. Next, add in cherry tomatoes and garlic. Cook the cherry tomatoes until they begin to blister. Add in salt and pepper to taste. 

4. Next, add the cooked fettucine noodles to the pot with 1/2 cup of pasta water from cooking. Mix items together in pot; the pasta water will help make a "sauce" for the noodles. Add in the fresh mozzarella.

5. Plate pasta, garnishing each serving with a drizzle of balsamic glaze and some fresh basil.