Cherry tomato pasta is a simple, flavor-packed meal that’s ready in 35 minutes. It's perfect for a quick lunch or dinner!
This easy weeknight meals combines savory roasted tomatoes, tossed in olive oil, garlic, and balsamic vinegar, with tender pasta, fresh herbs, and a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
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Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: It’s a sweet and savory combo with tangy balsamic, fresh basil, and a creamy parmesan finish.
- Skill Level: This recipe is simple with easy-to-follow steps and no tricky techniques. Just roasting, boiling, and tossing everything together.
- Serving Suggestions: Make it a main dish and add rotisserie chicken, tuna, salmon, or shrimp scampi. Add some breadsticks for sopping up all that juicy sauce.
Ingredient Tips for Cherry Tomato Pasta
- Tomatoes: Cherry, grape, or any fresh diced tomato will work in this recipe. Choose ripe, firm tomatoes for the best flavor.
- Pasta: Spaghetti, bucatini, linguine, or fettuccine are perfect in this recipe! Be sure to cook to ‘al dente’ so the pasta stays firmer longer.
- Seasonings: Roasting tomatoes in oil, balsamic, and herbs creates a sweet and savory sauce. Fresh garlic is best, but garlic powder works as well.
Variations
- Tasty additions like fresh spinach, artichoke hearts, and kalamata olives with some Greek seasonings elevate this dish to a whole new recipe.
- Try stirring in some homemade basil pesto for another fresh, new take on cherry tomato pasta.
- Fresh basil leaves and parmesan cheese are the perfect ending to this recipe, but you can experiment with fresh oregano or parsley, and for cheeses, try some crumbled feta, gorgonzola, or some creamy bocconcini balls.
Leftovers?
Store leftover cherry tomato pasta in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Enjoy it cold as a pasta salad side, or top with fresh parmesan and reheat portions in the microwave.
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 cups cherry tomatoes halved, or grape tomatoes
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper or to taste, freshly ground
- 16 ounces spaghetti or long pasta of your choice
Garnish
- ¼ cup thinly sliced fresh basil leaves
- ⅓ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F.
- To a large-rimmed baking sheet, add the tomatoes, garlic, oil, balsamic vinegar, oregano, basil, salt, and black pepper. Toss well to combine.
- Roast the tomatoes for 15 minutes. Turn the broiler on to high and broil the tomatoes for 1-2 minutes or until they begin to brown a little bit on the edges.
- Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until tender but firm (al dente). Reserve ¼ cup of pasta water. Drain the pasta, do not rinse.
- Transfer the pasta to a large bowl. Add the tomatoes with all the pan juices and toss well to combine, adding pasta water if needed.
- Garnish with fresh herbs and Parmesan and serve.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Dinner, Entree, Pasta
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Super easy but extremely delicious! Used fresh cherry tomatoes and basil from our garden! Thanks for sharing :)
Nothing beats garden fresh Shreya! You’re welcome :)
Found this after Googling for a cherry tomato pasta recipe to use some up that were in the fridge. Had everything in so whipped it up and it was just delicious. Definitely going to make this again at the weekend!
So glad you love this pasta Tricia!
Really enjoyed this fresh tasting dish. Question about the nutrition info: What is the serving size that the nutrition info is based on?
So glad you loved it. The nutrition info is for ¼ of the recipe.
Made this tonight for my little cousins, both of them absolutely LOVED it. Definitely making it again! SWP Contractor
I’m so glad your family loved this recipe Bailey! <3 My daughter loves it too!
I literally googled cherry tomato recipes and liked the pic i saw. Did it and loved it. My niece and nephew went back for seconds. This is my go to recipe for cherry tomatoes. Thank you so much.
Made this for dinner tonight from my garden cherry tomatoes and basil, so good, will make this again and again.
Mmm! Garden cherry tomatoes!
Minus the Parmesan and this would be vegan. Beautiful pictures and am saving it to my Pinterest board, Pins I’d Like to Make Vegan
Enjoy, Deborah! Thank you for pinning!
I am definitely going to be trying this next weekend. Love the simplicity of it and I am such a lover of cherry tomatoes. Beautiful springtime dish!
Fresh and gorgeous! Enjoy, Heather!
We love cherry tomatoes! We always buy a big carton of them. They not only last a while but they make any dish taste special. Roasting the tomatoes gives them an extra boost in flavor. Your pasta dish sounds fantastic.
I’ve started a bunch of cherry tomato seedlings, so this will be a great recipe come summertime! Thanks!
It will be SO great with freshly picked tomatoes Kitty!
This pasta looks so good! So simple and full of flavor. It’s the perfect comfort food.
roasted tomatoes esp in Summer is one of my favorites and love this combo with pasta! gorgeous shots.
Thank you Ben!
Thank you Sharon! Enjoy!
Love roasted tomatoes too! Enjoy, Elaine!
Thanks Anne! It is a fresh tasting pasta and easy too!
This is exactly the kind of pasta dish that I love! Roasted tomatoes are one of my most favorite things to eat. So flavorful!
Going to make this for the grandchildren this weekend. This so and looks so good. Thank you
I have been longing for summer tomatoes. This is exactly the kind of thing I can’t wait to make once I get to harvest tomatoes from the garden later this year.
I love your Cherry Roasted Toamato Pasta Recipe. That sounds like something I’d make a regular.
My daughter loves tomatoes so I fixed your roasted cherry tomato pasta and it was a big hit with her. The whole family liked it . Thank you for the delicious recipe.