Franks's Vegetarian Pasta-NBC turnto10

By amaliana

Chef Frank Terranova

Ingredients

• 2 containers of Grape tomatoes washed and cut into half
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 large cloves of garlic sliced thinly
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped fine
• 1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped fine
• 2/3 cup of grated cheese divided
• 1 pound whole wheat penne pasta

Preparation

Step 1

1. Have a pot of salted water boiling.

2. Drop the pasta in and start cooking. It takes 8 minutes to cook but in this case only 6 minutes.

3. So while working quickly, heat the oil in a large pan and add the garlic on high heat.

4. When it starts to lightly brown after about 2 minutes, add the tomatoes and saute them until they start to blister and get soft about 3-4 minutes.

5. Add the bay leaf and by then the pasta should be cooked at 6 minutes.

6. Drain the pasta off reserving a little pasta water about 1 cup.

7. Add the pasta to the tomato mixture, add 1/2 cup of the pasta water and stir gently until the juice starts to become thickened , if more is needed add the remaining water. Toss in 1/2 of the cheese and parsley and basil.

8. Mix well and place in a warm platter and add the remaining cheese and a drizzle of olive oil.