Tony is my spouse. Tony’s Summer Pasta is the name I gave to a recipe he brought home that he had obtained from someone at work over time. After being marinated in oil, basil, and garlic, the tomatoes and cheese are tossed with the heated linguine. A straightforward yet delicious dish is made by warming the tomatoes and slightly melting the cheese.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 15 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package linguini pasta
- 6 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
- 1 pound shredded mozzarella cheese
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh basil
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine tomatoes, cheese, basil, garlic, olive oil, garlic salt, and black pepper in medium bowl. Set aside.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions.
- Drain pasta, and transfer to a serving bowl. Toss with tomato mixture. Serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 635 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 60 g |
| Cholesterol | 48 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 29 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 627 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 32 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is one of my favorite summer recipes. It’s almost better the second day as a leftover. Sometimes I’ll add shrimp for extra protein. It’s so good!
We love this dish. I used thin spaghetti because hubs prefers it and a few more tomatoes. Easy and tasty. I misread and combined the oil, basil , garlic garlic salt and pepper. Making a pesto type sauce. Occasionally I add red pepper or a jalapeno for a little extra kick. We like it with grilled chicken or fish. Nice summer dinner. Have made this for years.
Very boring. I didn’t enjoy it at all. I followed the recipe and was very disappointed.
It was fantastic!!!
I didn’t add the garlic salt or regular salt. It was delicious. I thought it would be overpowering but all the flavors went really really nicely together. Thank you for this new addition to my rotation!
This is exactly the sort of dish I crave in summertime! One thing I added that gave the pasta it’s delicacy was mixing about 3tbs of melted butter into the pasta and I used silantro as my fresh herb. I cooked the linguine for about ten minutes as well because I like my pasta tender rather than el dente.
This was fabulous. So easy, so light and refreshing, so tasty and soooooo satisfying.
Everyone loved it but I omitted the cheese. Less calories. I’ve made it several times. I also have added chilli peppers, sugar snap peas & shrimp for a meal that tastes better than Eastside Mario’s Firecracker bow tie shrimp meal. Served with salad. Delicious.
I used 1/2 package of linguini, 2 romas, and about a quarter cup of chopped red onion. After cooking the linguini, I return to the pan along with the garlic, tomato, oil and onion. After cooking over medium for about 5 minutes I put in a bowl to toss with remaining ingredients. Even my super plucky kiddos ate it- it was a miracle lol.
Absolutely delicious., I never raved about any thing until I found this recipe.
This was a touch boring for us, but could be improved with a little salt and pepper. Also- for those wanting hot pasta, be aware that if it’s TOO hot, the fresh mozzarella can clump unpleasantly…
I’ve made it twice and my husband and I liked it very much. Frest tomatoes and green peppers from our garden made it especially gppd.
Delicious . Add some cooked chicken breast for a complete meal. Will definitely make again.
Definitely a “keeper”. Moderate change that I made: To avoid the further chance of the sauce mixture from cooling down the pasta, place the sauce in the bottom of the pasta bowl and then the hot pasta on top. Stir the sauce mixture up gently from the bottom. You can also modify/adapt this easy to make recipe with alternate cheeses that you may favor. We also tried this with Feta, and also with a blend of three Italian cheeses to lighten up the calories.
Definitely a “keeper”. Moderate change that I made: To avoid the further chance of the sauce mixture from cooling down the pasta, place the sauce in the bottom of the pasta bowl and then the hot pasta on top. Stir the sauce mixture up gently from the bottom. You can also modify/adapt this easy to make recipe with alternate cheeses that you may favor. We also tried this with Feta, and also with a blend of three Italian cheeses to lighten up the calories.
So easy and delicious. A great side dish to any meal. I usually have all these ingredients on hand which is tremendously handy. I will definitely make this again.
I halved he recipe as I cook for one I didn’t have Roma tomatoes so I used regular ones and heated them a bit to get rid of some of the juices because Roma tomatoes aren’t very juicy. I didn’t have fresh basil( too expensive) and used dried. I had some shredded cheddar, shaved provolone asiago and shaved Parmesan and used them and about half mozzarella. The cheddar gave it a unique taste and I’ll use it again about 1-1/2 oz.
Made it according to the recipe. Super fresh, easy and very tasty
My family loved this summer pasta recipe. I will definitely make this again.
This recipe is great! Thank you! I did add some things. Hubby said, “No meat??” when I told him what I was making. I added some pre-cooked chicken, which I heated before adding it to the pasta and tomato mixture. I followed some other reviewers’ suggestions and added parmesan and mozzarella. Delicious! I also added some sliced black olives. I used extra tomatoes because of all the other extra ingredients. I also used rotini instead of linguini. My 14 year old picky man said, “This is good. This is a pasta dish I actually want seconds of.” It was delish. I did however add too much mozzarella. Beware of too much mozzarella! 🙂
I have to say that I did modify. Didn’t have enough pasta on hand. Used vine ripened tomatoes. Change the cheese to feta but used about 1/2 pound. And added toasted pine nuts. Yum yum. A new favorite. My husband said this is not a recipe, it is a wow