Pasta with Roasted Tomato-Peach Sauce

Roasted tomatoes, onions, garlic, and fresh peach halves sweeten and intensify the taste of this herby pasta sauce--the longer it simmers, the more flavorful it gets.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 60 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 402 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
• 6 medium tomatoes
• 1 jalapeno chile pepper
• garlic powder, or to taste
• 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
• 1 fresh peach, halved and pitted
• 1 sweet onion, unpeeled
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary, or to taste
• 0.33333334326744 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 cup chopped fresh basil, or to taste
• 0.75 (16 ounce) box penne pasta

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place tomatoes, garlic cloves, peach halves, onion, and jalapeno pepper on a baking sheet.

Step 2

Broil for 20 minutes in the preheated oven, turning every 5 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to cool. When cool enough to handle, remove and discard skins on onion and garlic cloves. Transfer all vegetables, peach halves, and any juices to the bowl of a food processor and pulse until a smooth puree forms.

Step 3

Transfer tomato mixture to a large saucepan. Add basil, rosemary, olive oil, black pepper, garlic powder, and salt. Bring to a simmer over low heat; cook for at least 30 minutes.

Step 4

While the sauce is cooking, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook, stirring occasionally, until partially cooked, 6 to 8 minutes. Drain pasta, reserving 1 cup of cooking liquid.

Step 5

Add pasta to tomato sauce with 1/2 cup reserved cooking liquid. Cook until pasta is tender yet firm to the bite, adding more liquid if necessary, 3 to 5 minutes more.

Step 6

Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.