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Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs

Name: Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 14 min
Total time: 26 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 500 g cherry tomatoes; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 sprig sage; 1 sprig thyme; 1 garlic clove; 500 g Pasta; 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano); Salt; Pepper

For this recipe, we use cherry tomatoes cooked with herbs, into which we add the pasta and cheese before binding everything with a little cooking water.

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Duration

30 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: January 6^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 500 g cherry tomatoes
2 4 tablespoons olive oil
3 1 sprig sage
4 1 sprig thyme
5 1 garlic clove
6 500 g Pasta
7 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano)
8 Salt
9 Pepper
Total weight: 1,120 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

15 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

30 min.

Preparation 15 min.

Cooking 15 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 10 min.

Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs : Stage 1

Wash, then cut into 2, 500 g cherry tomatoes.

Sprinkle with fine salt and set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs : Stage 2

In a frying pan over medium heat, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil and when hot add 1 sprig sage, 1 sprig thyme and 1 garlic clove crushed with the blade of a knife.

Cook for 1 minute, stirring to flavour the oil.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 10 min.

Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs : Stage 3

Add the tomatoes, season with pepper, stir a little and cover to cook for 5 to 10 minutes.

Stage 4

Meanwhile, start cooking the pasta.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs : Stage 5

When the tomatoes start to stew a little, uncover them and stir a little.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 1 min.

Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs : Stage 6

Take the pasta from the pot with a skimmer and put it directly into the pan.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.

Pasta with cherry tomatoes and herbs : Stage 7

Mix well, add grated 50 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano), a little pasta cooking water, and stir gently to form the cooking sauce.

Check seasoning.

Stage 8

Serve immediately, with a little grated Parmesan cheese on top, and a drizzle of olive oil.

Remarks

If you make this recipe in summer or autumn, you can replace the cherry tomatoes with diced tomatoes.

Instead of parmesan, you can try pecorino, or a mixture of the two.

Keeping: Enjoy immediately, but can be stored in the fridge for 1 or 2 days, protected by cling film.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	7 g RDI=12 %	32 g RDI=12 %	6 g RDI=9 %	218 kcal RDI=11 %	914 kJ RDI=11 %
Per person	22 g RDI=34 %	89 g RDI=34 %	18 g RDI=25 %	611 kcal RDI=31 %	2,559 kJ RDI=31 %
Whole recipe	88 g RDI=136 %	359 g RDI=136 %	72 g RDI=99 %	2,445 kcal RDI=122 %	10,237 kJ RDI=122 %