ROASTED CAJUN TOMATO PASTA

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Serves: 2-4

Ingredients:

• 3 c. cherry tomatoes
• 1 Tbsp olive oil
• ½ head of garlic
• Salt, to taste
• 9 large olives, pitted and diced
• 1/3 c. walnuts, chopped
• 8 oz dry pasta
• 1 ½ tsp Kawartha Spice Cajun Dry Rub, or to taste
• Balsamic Reduction, optional for garnish

Method:

Preheat oven to 425 F

1. Lightly oil and salt cherry tomatoes, arrange on an oiled baking tray. Add half head of garlic, skin-on & base chopped off. Roast 18-20 minutes, until tomatoes are slightly charred and burst.
2. Lightly toast walnuts on stove top or in oven, 3-5 minutes until lightly browned. Chop olives, and mix together with toasted walnuts in a small bowl.
3. Boil pasta according to package directions.
4. Once tomatoes are finished, remove garlic. Squeeze into a separate dish along with ½ tsp olive oil, and mash into a paste. Add back into tomatoes and mix in, mashing tomatoes until desired consistency. Add 1 ½ tsp Cajun Dry Rub and salt to taste.
5. Toss cooked pasta together with tomatoes.
6. Top with olive and walnuts. Drizzle with balsamic reduction (optional).

Recipe Tested by Kawartha Spice Co. * Photo of Pasta by Kawartha Spice Co. * Product Photo by thefoodstudio.ca