Simple Pasta Dish

Rotini with Tomatoes, Onions & Sausage

This dish is so simple, and requires so little equipment and clean up.

12 plum tomatoes or seasonal tomatoes quartered

2 onions, diced

6 cloves of garlic, gently smash them (press them with the broad side of your knife until the split.

3 Tbsp olive oil

Season with salt and freshly ground pepper

A box of Rotini pasta (454 gram or 1 lb)

2-3 or your favorite sausages (or use ground beef/turkey/chicken/pork)

Optional:(but well worth it)

Freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Flat Leaf Parsley (finely chopped)

Preheat your oven to 400°F (200°C).

Toss the tomatoes, onions, garlic and olive oil together in a large bowl. Season the works with salt and pepper, and wrap this all in aluminum foil and make sure the sides and top are tightly sealed by folding it in small folds, several times. Put your package of goodies on a baking sheet and poke some holes in the top with a fork.

Roast this package for about 45 minutes.

Now, remove your package, pick it up from the bottom, and open it into a the bowl you mixed it in and capture it ALL.

Pick you your chunks of garlic.

Remove your sausage meat from the casings, and in a large hot skillet, add the meat along with about 2 tsp of water, and brown the meat. When the meat is brown, add ALL the contents of the bowl into the pan, and stir, remove from the heat.

Cook Your Rotini pasta in lots of salted boiling water until "al dente" (read the box for cooking times, but always taste), drain the pasta with a colander (NEVER RINSE with water), and then Toss the hot pasta with the sauce, add in the chopped Parsley, stir it all together, serve and top with the fresh Parmesan and enjoy a wonderful pasta dish.