Quick and Easy Pasta With Cherry Tomato Sauce

Summary by Krater

J. Kenji López-Alt demonstrates how to make a fast, fresh tomato sauce using cherry tomatoes, garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, and basil, then tosses it with al dente pasta and parmesan cheese.

From the video

Answers: How do I make a fast fresh tomato sauce from scratch?

• Cherry tomato sauce
• Quick pasta sauce
• Pectin in tomatoes
• Emulsifying pasta sauce

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 medium cloves fresh garlic
• 2 pints cherry tomatoes
• big pinch kosher salt
• a little freshly ground black pepper
• big handful fresh basil leaves
• 1 pound pasta
• parmesan cheese

What it concludes

• Cherry tomatoes ripen much further on the vine than big beefsteak tomatoes, giving them better flavor, especially out of tomato season.
• Cherry tomatoes are sweeter and higher in pectin than regular tomatoes, enabling you to make a rich, thick sauce quickly.
• Using cherry tomatoes means there is no need to cut them beforehand.
• Reserving some starchy pasta cooking water helps adjust the consistency of the sauce when tossing it with the pasta.