Since having a child, I've found myself eating more foods from my childhood than I ever thought I would. Peanut butter sandwiches now with fig jam. Grilled cheese sandwiches updated with romesco and avocado. And pasta by way of this roasted butter tomato sauce. You're never too old for your favorite childhood meals.
This roasted butter tomato sauce is a riff on the famous Marcella Hazan recipe that uses canned tomatoes with onion and butter. Since we're overflowing with tomatoes right now, I decided to slow-roast roma tomatoes in butter and garlic. Add a pinch of salt and the melty wedge of cheese for the perfect summer sauce.
I tend to keep this pasta simple because the tomato sauce is really the star (especially when the St. André cheese melts into the sauce, making it a bit more like a cream sauce. However, a few swaps:
Alliums: Swap out the garlic for shallots or white onions.
Pizza: This tomato sauce is amazing as a base for pizza. One note, the sauce can be a bit thin- reserve some of the tomato liquid before pureeing if you would like a thicker sauce.
Vegetables: If I have any zucchini, I'll often pan fry that and add it to the pasta.
I'm starting to get an abundance of tomatoes from my garden...and I just roasted some today actually! Such a great idea to use as pasta sauce 🙂
Oh wow this looks and sounds delicious!!! I can’t wait to try this recipe out. Thanks for sharing ?
This looks delicious! I've got a bunch of cherry tomatoes from the garden, do you think I could sub these for the roma tomatoes, and maybe just roast for less time? Thanks!
Yes! You don't even have to cut them. I'm guessing you could probably get away with about 45 minute (or slightly less) cook time!