This easy Caprese pasta is made with blistered cherry tomatoes, fresh basil and mozzarella cheese served in a creamy tomato sauce.

Easy Caprese Pasta

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

This easy Caprese pasta is the best of both worlds.

It combines all of the delicious flavors of a caprese salad and pasta together into one beautiful dish.

This recipe is a great summer pasta but can be made and enjoyed all year round.

Cherry tomatoes and fresh basil are everywhere in New Jersey once the summer is in full swing.

So I usually take advantage of that and make this more in the warmer months.

My family loves the fresh flavors of this pasta. I always get lots of compliments on it and requests to “‘make it again soon”.

I know that if you give this recipe a try, you’ll love it just as much as my family and I do.

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Easy caprese pasta variations

I love this recipe as it is but there are some ways to alter it if you’d like.

Here are some great variations:

• Spicy- add some hot pepper flakes to the skillet when blistering the tomatoes to add some heat.
• Protein- feel free to add some cooked shredded chicken, shrimp. or salmon to this dish.
• Pasta- Any kind of pasta will work here so choose your favorite.

Other easy pasta dishes

If you like super easy and delicious pasta dishes like this one, here are some others that i know you’ll love, too.

• Buffalo chicken pasta
• Homemade spaghettios
• Marry me pasta
• Creamy broccoli pasta

Easy Caprese pasta ingredients

• Oil
• Butter
• Cherry tomatoes
• Garlic, minced
• Tomato paste
• Flour
• Heavy cream
• Chicken broth
• Parmesan cheese
• Mozzarella cheese, cubed or mozzarella pearls
• Fresh basil, shredded
• Salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic powder
• Rigatoni pasta

Instructions

First, heat the oil in a large skillet and add the cherry tomatoes.

Then lightly season them with salt and pepper and stir them around in the skillet until they are blistered. This should take about 2-4 minutes.

Now add in the minced garlic and some butter. Let that sauté for a minute.

Next add in the flour and whisk that in over medium high heat for 2 minutes.

Then stir in the tomato paste and slowly pour in the heavy cream and chicken broth.

Now season the sauce with salt, pepper, Italian seasoning and garlic power and let it simmer for about 10 minutes.

Next, stir in the Parmesan cheese and add the pasta.

Then add the fresh shredded basil leaves and cubed mozzarella cheese.

Now stir everything together until the pasta is evenly coated.

Be sure to stir it in as quickly as possible so the heat from the pasta and the sauce will begin to slightly melt the cubed cheese.

Finally, transfer it to a serving dish and garnish with more shredded basil and Parmesan cheese if you’d like.

Serve warm and enjoy!