- 1 [8 1/2-ounce / 240-g] bocconcini cheese
- 8 to 10 cherry tomatoes
- 3 1/2 ounces [100 g] fettuccine pasta
- 2 tablespoons [30 mL] extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 or 3 fresh basil leaves, chopped
or 1 pinch dried basil
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- Cut cheese in 8 equal pieces.
- Half cherry tomatoes.
- Boil pasta noodles into a large pot of boiling salted water until 'al dente' [just beginning to soften].
- Heat olive oil into a saucepan; cook tomatoes approximately 1 minute, turning tomatoes often.
- Stir in basil.
- Drain done pasta noodles.
- Add paste noodles to saucepan along with cheese pieces, stirring gently until cheese just begins to melt.
- Serve at once.
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