Pasta with spring onions and cherry tomatoes, a simple and tasty first course. The sauce is prepared with spring onions, sweet scallions widely used here in Apulia. ‘Sponsale‘ is a dialect term that indicates young, tender onion bulbs, not yet fully grown, with a very sweet flavor.
The spring onions are not leeks or scallions, but if you can’t find them in your area, substitute them with these.
But now let’s go to the kitchen and I’ll show you how to prepare Pasta with spring onions and cherry tomatoes

- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Winter
Ingredients
Let’s see together what we need to prepare
- 200 g pasta
- 4 spring onions (or scallions)
- 10 tomatoes (yellow and red)
- salt
- extra virgin olive oil
Tools
- 1 Pan
- 1 Pasta Pot
- 1 Wooden Spoon
Steps
Let’s start preparing
Let’s start preparing Pasta with spring onions and cherry tomatoes: clean the spring onions by removing the first layer, wash them and chop them finely.
Wash, dry, and quarter the tomatoes.
Pour a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil in a non-stick pan and sauté the spring onions and salt them.
Add the tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta.
Drain the pasta al dente and place it in the pan with the spring onions and cherry tomatoes
Quickly sauté the pasta, adding a little pasta cooking water if necessary.
Serve immediately the Pasta with spring onions and cherry tomatoes
And enjoy your meal!!!
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