Courgette pasta with roasted tomatoes
Ingredients:
For the tomatoes:
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
olive oil
Italian herbs
fresh pepper and seasalt
250 gr cherry tomatoes
For the sauce:
olive oil
2 red onion, finely cut
a sprinkle of chili flakes
1 tbsp of Italian herbs
250 gr tomato cubes
15 good olives, in small pieces
1 tbsp balsamico vinegar
For the courgette pasta:
1 courgette
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tbsp finely cut fresh basil
Directions:
1. Preheat the oven to 175 C
2. Start with the small cherry tomatoes. Cut the tomatoes in half and add the olive oil, herbs, seasalt and pepper and shake it all well so everything is covered. Put into a ovendish and put into the oven for about 20 minutes. They should be a bit wrinkled.
3. Make the rest of the sauce by heating the oil in a frying pan. Add the onions and some chili flakes. After about 5 minutes ad the other ingredients. Leave this to simmer for about 10 minutes with the lid on.
4. Now make the courgette pasta. Wash the courgette and cut of both ends. Cut the courgette in half (not lengthwise!)
5. Make spaghetti strands with your spiralizer or jullienne cutter. Put these in a big bowl and sprinkle with the lemon juice plus the basil.
6. When the sauce it done pour over the courgette and ad the tomatoes from the oven. Mix it all up and enjoy!