Cherry tomatoes are among the sweetest tomatoes. Roasting them concentrates and caramelizes that sweet juicy flavor. For a spring-time dinner, I roasted asparagus right along with cherry tomatoes in the oven to make this roasted cherry tomato and asparagus pasta dinner!
Author: Alison's Allspice
Recipe type: Entree
Serves: 3 servings
Ingredients
1 pint cherry tomatoes, cut in half
2 cups of 1 inch chopped asparagus (washed and trimmed)
1 TBS olive oil
½ tsp salt, divided
8 oz bowtie pasta
4 garlic cloves, minced
2 TBS olive oil or butter
⅓ cup white wine
¼ tsp black pepper
½ tsp herbs de provence
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 425 F.
Cover a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Toss cherry tomatoes with ½ TBS olive oil, and asparagus with the other ½ TBS olive oil. Spread out the cherry tomatoes while leaving the asparagus close to promote even roasting. Sprinkle with ¼ tsp salt.
Roast in the preheated oven for 17 minutes, or until starting to caramelize.
Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions.
In a skillet, melt butter and add garlic. Cook until the garlic turns golden brown. Mix in white wine and stir well. Mix in remaining ¼ tsp salt, black pepper, and herbs de provence. Simmer until thick, 5-7 minutes.
Toss pasta with roasted veggies and white wine sauce. Serve.
Recipe by Alison's Allspice at https://www.alisonsallspice.com/roasted-cherry-tomato-and-asparagus-pasta/