Summer Fresh Pasta with Tomatoes and Prosciutto

Name: Summer Fresh Pasta with Tomatoes and Prosciutto
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 340 grams package angel hair pasta; 59 milliliters fresh basil leaves, thinly sliced; 2 cloves garlic cloves, minced; 0 teaspoons ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 59 milliliters freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or to taste; 113 grams thinly sliced prosciutto, cut into thin strips; 1 teaspoons sea salt; 1 large shallot, thinly sliced; 4 tomatoes, seeded and coarsely chopped

Summer Fresh Pasta with Tomatoes and Prosciutto might be just the main course you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains about 12g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 346 calories. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 25 minutes. Head to the store and pick up tomatoes, sea salt, garlic cloves, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sea salt you could follow this main course with the Raspberry Sea Salt Brownies as a dessert. It will be a hit at your The Fourth Of July event.

Instructions

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a rolling boil. Cook angel hair pasta at a boil until tender but still slightly firm, 4 to 5 minutes.

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Angel Hair Pasta

Water

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Drain the pasta, reserving 1 cup of the cooking water for later use.

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Pasta

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Transfer the drained pasta to a large serving bowl.

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Pasta

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Bowl

Place tomatoes in a bowl; season with sea salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Tomato

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Pour 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil over the tomato mixture and gently toss; set aside.

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Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat.

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Cook and stir sliced shallot in the hot oil until just becoming translucent, 1 to 2 minutes.

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Shallot

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Stir garlic into the shallot; continue cooking and stirring 1 minute more.

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Shallot

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Remove the skillet from heat.

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Assemble the dish by adding the tomato mixture, the shallot and garlic mixture, and the prosciutto to the pasta; toss to combine. Use the reserved water from cooking the pasta to make it easier to mix.

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Prosciutto