1,425 easy and fully explained recipes, with 33,930 photos and 78 videos

Spaghetti with tomatoes and pesto

For this very simple recipe, just pasta, tomatoes, a few herbs and a little pesto, but a delicious taste you'll see.

8,538 3 3.3

Last modified on: October 15^th 2023

Keywords for this recipe:

For 12 people, you will need:

1 600 g cherry tomatoes
2 3 sprigs thyme
3 3 bayleaves
4 3 cloves garlic
5 3 shallots
6 12 tablespoons olive oil
7 1 kg 200 g spaghetti
8 6 tablespoons Pesto
9 Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
10 salt
11 pepper
Total weight: 2,178 grams

Change to the quantities for: 2 people 4 people 8 people 12 people

Change measures: Metric

Metric weight Metric volumes

How long will it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
17 min.	15 min.	32 min.

At what time:

When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ?
Work this out...

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Cut 600 g cherry tomatoes in half, sprinkle with a little fine salt and leave to stand.

Stage 2 - 3 min.

Wash and dry all the herbs, peel the garlic clove and halve it.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Prepare and chop 3 shallots.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Pour 12 tablespoons olive oil into a frying pan over high heat and, when hot, add the herbs and garlic.

Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add the shallot, salt and pepper, and continue to cook for a further minute, without browning.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Add the tomatoes, stir, lower the heat a little and leave to cook.

Stage 7 - 8 min.

Meanwhile, cook and drain 1 kg 200 g spaghetti, but keep a ladleful of the cooking water.

Note: I advise you to cook them for 2 minutes less than indicated on the packet, as they will return to the heat afterwards.

Stage 8 - 1 min.

Once the tomatoes are cooked and slightly stewed, remove and discard the garlic clove and herbs.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Add the spaghetti...

Stage 10 - 1 min.

... and mix well.

Stage 11 - 1 min.

Add 6 tablespoons Pesto and mix again.

Stage 12 - 1 min.

To finish, add the ladleful of cooking water set aside in step 7, and mix one last time to obtain a delicious, creamy liaison.

Stage 13

Serve immediately, with a sprinkling of grated Parmesan.

Remarks

If you don't have cherry tomatoes, dice 2.

Use whatever herbs you have on hand, but if possible, at least thyme and bay leaf.

Keeping

Enjoy immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,742 Kcal or 24,041 Kj	169 gr	859 gr	221 gr
213 %	48 %	60 %	25 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
264 Kcal or 1,105 Kj	8 gr	39 gr	10 gr
10 %	2 %	3 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
478 Kcal or 2,001 Kj	14 gr	72 gr	18 gr
18 %	4 %	5 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Egg, Milk

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 9.91 €
Per person : 0.83 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Spaghetti: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Spaghetti Carbonara, Creamy spaghetti with cockles and parsley, Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Spaghetti with smoked salmon, ... All
	Cherry tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Bruschetta and mozzarella, Panzanella, Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, Green beans with tomato cream sauce, ... All
	Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green avocado salad, Herb olive oil, Croque-monsieur potatoes, Sorrel pesto, Broad bean salad with Parmesan, ... All
	Pesto: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Italian toast, Pasta with pesto and preserved tomatoes, Fried egg in bread, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto, ... All

Other recipes you may also like

Passion fruit jellies

Usually to make fruit jellies or (fruit "paste"), it's like jam but you need to cook fruit pulp and sugar much longer. Unfortunately, this long cooking is bad for both vitamins and flavour. In this recipe we use a special jam gelling agent, to reduce cooking time as much as possible .
321K4 2 hours 30 min. July 4^th 2018

Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.