Angel Hair Pomodoro is Made with fresh Campari tomatoes. It’s a quick and easy one-pot summer weeknight recipe. The best part is that it’s ready in under 30 minutes.
Tomatoes and pasta together!
That brings together 2 of my favorite foods in the world!
The best part is that it’s a vegan, one-pot pasta recipe that’s made with fresh tomatoes on the vine!
Tips for making this pomodoro
- Use fresh tomatoes on the vine instead of canned tomatoes. They make a whole lot of difference in the taste
- Get fresh garlic for this recipe because it is going to add more flavor than garlic powder
- I always use a stainless steel pan for making this Pomodoro because it’s much easier to clean and also cooks evenly
- If you can’t find angel hair pasta, use regular spaghetti or even linguine noodles.
What you will need to make this pasta
- Fine pasta like angel hair pasta
- Tomatoes on the vine, AKA Campari tomatoes
- Fresh Garlic
- Fresh Basil
- Oregano (Fresh or dried, optional)
- Lime juice (Fresh, optional)
Best tomatoes for pasta pomodoro
- Tomatoes on the vine (AKA Campari Tomatoes)
- Cherry Tomatoes
- Sungold tomatoes
- Fahrenheit Blues Tomato (hard to find, but, would be perfect for Pomodoro)
Any small tomato that will cook whole would be perfect in this vegan pasta recipe. You can even add mascarpone and make this easy tomato mascarpone sauce to go with any pasta.
Want a tomato recipe with a southern twist? Get your casserole dishes out and make this amazing tomato cobbler recipe! It’s a colorful and hearty vegetarian dinner that you will make over and over again.
You have over 7,500 varieties at your feet!
This recipe has very few ingredients because I want it to be easy to make this dinner. If you want to add a few delicious and complex flavors to it, I suggest this homemade spaghetti seasoning by Front Range Fed. She knows how to make your dinner even more tasty.
Try my roasted tomato and mushroom spaghetti today.
How to make this pasta
1) Boil about 4 quarts of water and add 2 oz of thin spaghetti (about 1.75″). Check out WikiHow’s tutorial on how to measure spaghetti. Cook for about 8 minutes. Save 1/2 cup of the water and drain the rest. Set it aside
P/S: I made this today using (Affiliate Link) lentil pasta and it came out so good. I highly recommend using non-wheat-based, gluten-free pastas.
2) While the water is boiling, chop 12 campari tomatoes (firm) into 4 pieces each. Set aside
3) Take 5 cloves of garlic and slice them thinly. There is no such thing as too much garlic
4) The pasta should be in the water now, so, start cooking the tomatoes. In a pan, add 2 tsp of extra virgin olive oil and heat at medium heat
5) Add the garlic and let it brown
6) Add the tomatoes and let them cook for about 10 minutes or until all the liquid has dissipated
7) Add 3 roughly chopped basil leaves, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 tsp of oregano, 2 tsp of sugar and 1 tsp of freshly squeezed lime juice
8) Add the spaghetti and pasta water and mix well
Serve the angel hair pomodoro immediately with cheesy garlic bread
A quick recipe with simple ingredients that you can pull out of your pantry is exactly what you are looking for!
How about a simple pasta recipe that takes less than 30 minutes to make?
A few more campari tomato recipes
Caprese tomato tart
Tomatoes and mozzarella cheese on a phyllo dough!
Navy beans salad
Beans, dried cranberries, and navy beans brought together by parsley!
Healing tomato soup
Campari tomatoes roasted in the oven and turned into a soul-warming soup!
Angel Hair Pomodoro
Ingredients
To Boil The Pasta
- 4 quarts water to boil the thin spaghetti
- 2 oz angel hair pasta about 1.75" thick, see note #1
- 1 tsp salt for boiling the pasta
To Cook The Tomatoes
- 12 pieces Campari tomatoes Each tomato chopped into 4 pieces
- 5 cloves garlic finely diced
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 3 leaves basil
- 1/2 tsp salt for the tomatoes
- 1 tsp oregano
- 2 tsp sugar
- 1 tsp lime juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
- Boil water and add the spaghetti
- Cook for about 8 minutes. Save 1/2 cup of the water and drain the rest. Set it aside
- In a pan, add extra virgin olive oil and heat at medium heat
- Add the garlic and let it brown
- Add the tomatoes and let them cook for about 10 minutes or until all the liquid has dissipated
- Add basil, salt, oregano, sugar and lime juice
- Add the spaghetti and pasta water and mix well
- Serve the angel hair pomodoro immediately
First of all, this was a delicious meal, and it’s a great way to use of a lot of fresh campari tomotoes I have on hand. But these are some very frustrating directions.
• Boiling two servings worth of angel hair pasta for 8 minutes turns it to mush. Package instructions say 4 minutes for two servings. And if I’m cooking the tomatoes for 10 minutes as instructed, the pasta is long done by the time I get started on them.
• One part of the instructions says 5 cloves of garlic thinly sliced. Then in another part it says 5 cloves diced. I kept it sliced.
One part says 12 campari tomatoes cut into fours, then later it says 12 PIECES of campari tomatoes.
BTW, I wouldn’t reference WikiHow for measuring pasta, as they’re way off. They say two servings = 1.75 inches (4.44 cm). In fact, four servings is only about 1 inch in diameter.
And perhaps the most frustrating part is that when I went to Print, 3 of my browsers couldn’t even get to the page. Finally, I was able to get there in Chrome, but then I had to give my email address just to print. That’s usually an option, not a requirement. I submitted it, but I’ve already Unsubscribed.
Hello Don, Thank you for your edits. I will go in and update the recipe instructions in the next couple days. As for the print with email option, I am afraid this is becoming industry standard. For years, people would take the recipe and not provide any information. Getting the email helps us see how many are printing the recipe. It’s also a great way for us to build a community. I appreciate the positive feedback and I want to let you know that I take it very seriously.
Yoh Rini! 😂❤️I’m a 100% Italy from west side of Chicago and I’ve had some great tomato sauces this one’s excellent.. Ralpheal Valentino, FtMyers 🍷Chin Chin!
That’s so nice to hear, Thank you Valentino, Chin Chin!
Used grape tomatoes( it was what I had ) plus a couple of small garden tomatoes- turned out perfectly! Also sliced 3 garlic cloves thin then cut the other 2 in half so you can bite into a lovely piece of garlic! Stevia works for the sugar also! Yummy simple fish! Thank you!
You are very kind, Jobe. Thank you.
Ok, I used the basic recipe but added 1/2 a sweet chopped onion and a pound of ground chicken. (Husband doesn’t eat sauce without meat) Used lots of garlic and added 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper. Absolutely delicious. No leftovers.
Thank you, Cynthia
Hi there!
Love everything about this recipe,‘I’m just confused at the amount of pasta stated to use. 2 ounces? That’s about an 1/8 of a box of pasta. Did you mean 2 lbs?
Hello Michele, Thank you for your email. I apologize for not responding sooner. Yes, I use 2 OZ. I usually divide 1 box of 1lb pasta into 5 parts and that comes out to about 2oz. This recipe is for 2 people only, so, normally 2oz is enough. We are not a family of big eaters, so, my portion sizes tend to be on the smaller side, lol. Let me know how it turns out. Thank you
This looks delicious and I want to try it this week. But I have a question: what does the recipe mean by ‘Add the spaghetti and pasta water and mix well”? Surely you are not referring to the 2 quarts of water that you boil the spaghetti in? Please clarify if you will. Thanks!
Thank you for asking, Donna. I mention in step one of the recipe that you should save just 1/2 cup of the pasta water for use later. That pasta water is what you should mix with the spaghetti.
Pass my a plate please! Thanks for hosting, Rini!
Looks great – definitely a tasty way to enjoy some good tomatoes.
this sounds soooo good! Love the simplicity
That looks absolutely amazing and your video with the step by step directions makes it so do-able too. Pasta perfection, can’t wait to try this recipe!!
p.s. love the lime – I wouldn’t have thought of using lime, I bet it gives it GREAT flavor!
Pomodoro is one of my favorite recipes to make. It’s so light, quick, and delicious.
Mmmm I love this so much and in fact may meal plan this into my week! Your photos are gorgeous!!
Nothing beats a simple pasta recipe on a busy day!
I love this speedy, delicious pasta! Thanks so much for hosting us this week, too!!!
Oh my goodness, I feel as if I’ve stepped into the perfect restaurant in Little Italy! Your Angel Hair Pomodoro looks divine. (Pinned, of course.) Thank you for the how-to. And very much appreciate your hosting this Sunday Supper, Rini =)