Creamy tomato and garlic pasta
This creamy pasta is topped with caramelized onions, fresh garlic, blistered tomatoes, and spinach. This recipe is gluten free when made with gluten free pasta. It is nut free and vegetarian as well.
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Total Time35 minutes mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: comfort food, gluten free, nut free, vegetarian
Servings: 4 people
- 1 box gluten free pasta (today i am using Barilla gluten free ziti)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes
- 1 cup packed spinach
- 1 whole onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan cheese (vegetarian parmesan style cheese)
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 tbsp red pepper flakes
- 1 pinch salt
Dice the onion and garlic
Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat and add the onions. Top with a pinch of salt and red pepper flakes. Cook the onions by themselves for 15-20 minutes, flipping every 4-5 minutes as they start to brown. While your onions cook, you can proceed to the next step.
While your onions are cooking, fill a pot half way with water and add salt. Wait for the water to boil then add your gluten free pasta. Follow the cooking instructions on your pasta box. Dried gluten free pasta generally needs to be cooked for 7-10 minutes.
After the onions have cooked for 15-20 minutes, add the butter and whole cherry tomatoes into the pan and turn up the heat a little. Cook the tomatoes for about 10 minutes or until they start to blister and weep.
Add the garlic and spinach and cook for another 3-5 minutes.
Add the pasta to the pan with the vegetables. Turn off the heat and add the parmesan cheese and cream to the pan. Mix until the cheese melts.