Today a recipe for a sauce: cherry tomato sauce in the air fryer.
I often make this cherry tomato sauce, it’s true, it takes a bit of time to cook but the wait is rewarded by the unique taste and the aromas it releases during cooking. Simple and genuine ingredients to create a delicious sauce for pasta that can be used both to season hot pasta dishes, perhaps combining it with vegetables, and to season cold pasta or rice and grain salads. A simple pasta salad with cherry tomatoes and mozzarella will be much tastier with the addition of this sauce, a true explosion of flavors. It’s also great as a sauce to dip delicious chickpea meatballs or even tuna ones.
Additionally, cherry tomatoes cooked this way are also very tasty to eat as a side dish, perhaps pairing them with grilled chicken breast or oven-baked fish, naturally without blending them!
Make sure to prepare lots of homemade bread because you’ll definitely want to mop up every bit, I assure you!
Now let’s take a look together, step by step, at how to make this recipe.
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: for seasoning 400 g of pasta
- Cooking methods: Air Frying
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer
Ingredients for the Cherry Tomato Sauce
- 9 oz cherry tomatoes
- 2 cloves garlic
- to taste fine salt
- to taste oregano
- 3 tbsps olive oil
- 1 grind pepper (just a little)
Tools
- 1 Air Fryer
- 1 Immersion Blender
- 1 Silicone Baking Tray for Air Fryer
Let’s Prepare the Cherry Tomato Sauce Together
Turn on the air fryer and preheat it for 2 minutes at 340°F, meanwhile wash the cherry tomatoes without removing them from the stem and peel two cloves of garlic. In the air fryer basket, place a silicone baking tray or parchment paper to prevent juices from dripping down. Insert the cherry tomato stems and season them with olive oil, a pinch of salt, a small grind of pepper, and fragrant oregano.
Close the air fryer and let cook for about 40 minutes. Check the cooking level occasionally, the cherry tomatoes should be nice and soft and breaking apart but not burnt on the surface or the sauce will be bitter.
Once cooked, remove the cherry tomatoes from the stems and place them in the immersion blender cup along with the seasonings and the liquid that has formed. Remove one clove of garlic and blend everything until you achieve a smooth sauce.
A Curly Chef Suggests
The cherry tomato sauce in the air fryer keeps well in the fridge, sealed in an airtight container, for a couple of days and can be frozen, so you can make a double batch and always have it ready when you want to dress your pasta.
FAQ (Questions and Answers)
Which cherry tomatoes are best for preparing the sauce?
The best variety of cherry tomatoes for preparing this sauce is the date tomatoes with a red color, thin skin, and very sweet flavor or the cherry ones, which are slightly less sweet.
Can I prepare the same sauce in the oven?
Of course, the cherry tomato sauce can be cooked in a preheated oven at a temperature of 356°F for 40/45 minutes
