Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

Cherry tomato pasta sauce served in a white bowl with scattered cherry tomatoes around it on a white table.

Roasted cherry tomato pasta sauce is packed with flavor and so easy to make. This recipe takes just 5 minutes of hands on prep to create and uses simple ingredients. Use this roasted tomato sauce on pasta, pizza, as a dip or on sandwiches to add so much flavor.

Course dinner, sauce

Cuisine Italian

Keyword roasted cherry tomato pasta sauce, roasted cherry tomato sauce

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 30

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 408kcal

Author Samantha Rowland

Ingredients

3 cups cherry tomatoes or any tomatoes cut into 1-2 inch cubes
5-6 cloves garlic
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp sea salt
3 tbsp fresh basil chopped
10 oz pasta optional

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 450F.
Add tomatoes, garlic cloves (remove the papery skin) and salt to a 8X8 baking dish. Place in a 450F oven for 30 minutes.
While the tomatoes are roasting, cook the pasta according to the instructions on the box.
Before draining pasta, reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water.
When the tomatoes and garlic are done roasting, take out of the oven carefully and smash garlic with a fork (you can smash some of the tomatoes as well).
Add fresh basil and stir well.
If making with pasta, add cooked pasta and 1/2 cup pasta water to the baking dish and stir well.

Notes

*Nutrition calculation includes pasta*

If you prefer a less chunky sauce, blend with an immersion blender or high speed blender.

The tomatoes will burst in the oven when cooking, so don’t be alarmed if you hear them popping. The juices stay mostly in the baking dish so it doesn’t create a big mess.

Use a ceramic or glass baking dish, not a baking sheet to roast the tomatoes and garlic. You want the tomatoes and garlic to be covered in olive oil and you want the high edges of the baking dish to help keep the popping tomatoes from going overboard into the oven.

You can easily double the recipe for roasted cherry tomato sauce for pasta, but use a larger casserole dish (9X13 to ensure that the dish doesn’t get overcrowded).

If you are making the roasted tomato sauce for pasta, reserve at least 1/2 cup of the pasta water to help make the sauce stick to the pasta.

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