Pasta and Tomatoes with Goat’s Cheese Recipe

Once again, I came across another recipe I wanted to share with all of you.  I’ve really been in the mood for cooking haven’t I?

To begin with this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

1. 8 large tomatoes
2. Rigatoni noodles
3. 200g/7oz firm goat’s cheese, crumbled (you can purchase it whole and crumble it yourself too)
4. 60ml/4 tbsp garlic-infused olive oil
5. One garlic clove, chopped (for extra garlic flavour if you want to add it)
6. Salt and pepper to taste

Now, preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5 so that can be preheating while you prepare the tomatoes.

What I do is I put foil on the pan to help with cleanup later, and arrange the 8 tomatoes in the pan nicely, and then poke a fork into the tops of them just so they can cook better, as shown:

After that, I add the chopped garlic to the tops, drench them as much as I can with the oil and add the salt and pepper:

Now I put it into the oven and cook it for 25 minutes (or until slightly charred).  So while those are cooking, I start up the pot for boiling the Rigatoni noodles.  I like to add oil to the water as well so that the noodles don’t stick to each other as much.  Then I crumble the Goat’s cheese so it’s ready when we mix all the ingredients together:

Once the 25 minutes are up, take the tomatoes out of the oven and mash them up with a fork.

Now you have the pasta drained and ready and the cheese as well, so what I do is I mix up the cheese and the noodles first and then add the tomatoes with the oil to the pan.

And ta-da!  We’re done!

I hope you enjoyed the post and let me know how it goes if you decide to make this dish.  Have a good day!

Xoxo,

Mariah