Tagliatelle with Tomato and Basil Salsa

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Complete Book of Herbs

By Geraldene Holt

Published 1991

  • About

This luscious combination of hot buttery pasta and a cool aromatic sauce is exceptionally good. Serve in generous amounts as a main course or in smaller portions as a preface to a summer meal.

Ingredients

  • 225 g (8 oz) plain tagliatelle
  • 225 g (8

Method

Prepare the salsa first. Immerse the tomatoes, one at a time, in boiling water and leave for ½ minute. Remove, nick the skin with the point of a knife and then plunge into ice-cold water to prevent the tomato from cooking. Skin and deseed the tomatoes, dice the flesh neatly and place in a nylon sieve to drain.

Mix the garlic in a bowl with the oil and half the basil leaves snipped into