Penne With Spinach And Slow Roasted Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 -4 vine-ripened tomatoes
• 1/2 red onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 lb penne
• 5 ounces fresh baby spinach
• 1 -2 fresh mozzarella ball (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 drizzle some olive oil on a foil lined sheet pan.
• 3 quarter and seed the tomatoes and add to the sheet pan.
• 4 very thinly slice the garlic and red onion and add them to the tomatoes.
• 5 sprinkle the basil over the top, drizzle on a little more olive oil, and toss with your hands to combine.
• 6 bake for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 7 meanwhile, boil the penne. (you want to time it so it's done about the same time as the tomatoes.).
• 8 one minute before the pasta is done, add the spinach to the boiling water.
• 9 transfer the contents of the baking sheet to the bowl of a food processor. add the optional mozarella, and puree.
• 10 drain the spinach / penne, and toss immediately with the tomato mixture.