My friend Joanne’s guest blog of the Nine Minute Pasta was well received. I’d read the article about the backstory for the Nine Minute Pasta recipe here The recipe was originally developed by Nora Singly . You may have an abundance of tomatoes. Here’s my report.
J mentioned a bit of gumminess at the end and threw in a 1/4 cup of wine. She said she’d make it again.
Since I’d sent the recipe out to many friends, (figuring I’d missed it when it went viral a few years ago so perhaps they’d missed it too), I decided to fire up the stove and make it myself. Plus, I had all those delicious cherry tomatoes from the East Liberty Farmers Market. Steve brought up a linguine that had a 9 minutes cooking time on the box. Yes, you do have to mind the pasta so it doesn’t become a solid block, separate the strands. I used a knife.
The only thing I changed from the original recipe was to let the covered pan sit for two additional minutes (with the burner off). Next time I’d add a few MORE cherry tomatoes. The cutting them in half was the only time consuming part of the effort. I actually weighed the tomatoes to follow the recipe. The fresh garlic from my brother in Okanogan WA and the fresh basil really added to the taste. Going to try a brown rice pasta version and adjust cooking time and liquid if necessary.
