Cheryl Alters Jamison, Bill Jamison

Smoky Summer Spaghetti

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    or More
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue
Smoke & Spice

By Cheryl Alters Jamison and Bill Jamison

Published 2014

  • About

With their deeply flavored resonance, smoked ingredients often combine wonderfully with pasta. For this simple but soulful vegetable spaghetti, the tomato and bell pepper can be smoked in about the time it takes to get the noodles ready.

Ingredients

  • 2 large red-ripe tomatoes, halved
  • 2 red bell peppers, halved and seeded
  • ¼ cup extra-virgin olive o

Method

  1. Prepare the smoker for barbecuing, bringing the temperature to 200°F to 220°F.
  2. Rub the tomatoes and bell peppers with enough of the oil to coat their surfaces lightly. Place the tomatoes and peppers in a smoke-proof dish, or make a little tray for them out of doubled heavy-duty aluminum foil.
  3. Transfer the vegetables to the smoker. Cook until they are