Receta Roasted Cherry Tomato Pasta with Basil

Perusing a recipe closely (or here we go again)

By Eliot, on June 29th, 2011

You might remember my “Flirtin’ with Disaster” post last week. Well, I decided to thoroughly read the recipe for “Pasta with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes and Fresh Basil” and take the time to make this dish. So, no apologies to Lynne Rossetto Kasper this week.

I started by stopping by a new roadside produce stand that has opened (conveniently) right across the highway from our house. I purchased two pounds of cherry tomatoes that were fresh and delicious.

I came home and halved 1 1/2 pounds of the tomatoes and placed them in a stone-ware baking dish coated with olive oil.

1 1/2 pounds of halved cherry tomatoes.

Then in a…