Pasta pesto with Toma'chef tomatoes
Pasta pesto with Toma'chef tomatoes
Ingredients for 4 people
- 2 tubs of small Toma'chef tomatoes
- 500gram pasta shells
- 3 jars of basil
- 80gram of Parmesan cheese
- 30grams of pine nuts
- 3 cloves of garlicrocket
- Olive oil
- Pepper and salt
Preparation
- Blanch the tomatoes for 8-12 seconds, then plunge in cold water.
- Peel the tomatoes.
- Pick the basil leaves and put them in the blender. Add the pine nuts, garlic, Parmesan cheese, 15 ml olive oil, pepper and salt. Blend until you have a nice pesto.
- Cook the pasta in salted water.
- Mix the drained pasta with the pesto. Afterwards, add the tomatoes and serve on a plate.
- Top with arugula and Parmesan cheese.
Why
this tomato?
Our Toma’chef line includes a number of different varieties of tomato, each of which is unique on account of its shape and flavour. We are happy to showcase this range of unique varieties to culinary value seekers.
This selected range is only available in limited quantities. These varieties are grown in our greenhouses on only a limited scale, and are only brought to the market when the specific characteristics are just so!
It’s a varying selection of special flavours, colours and shapes.