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🍝 Creamy Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Pasta

Ingredients

Vegetables
* 4 large red bell peppers, halved and seeded
* 2 cups cherry tomatoes (about 1 pint)
* 3 shallots, peeled and halved
* 2 whole garlic heads, halved horizontally

Oil + Seasoning
* ⅓ cup olive oil
* 1 tsp kosher salt
* ½ tsp black pepper
* 1 tsp garlic powder
* 1 tsp onion powder
* 1 tsp dried oregano
* ½ tsp dried thyme
* 1 tsp smoked paprika
* ½ tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

Sauce + Pasta
* 4 oz cream cheese
* ½ cup fresh basil leaves
* 12–14 oz mafaldine pasta (or pasta of choice)
* ½–1 cup reserved pasta water

For Topping
* ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
* Fresh basil leaves

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Add peppers, tomatoes, shallots, and garlic to a sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil, season with spices, and roast for 30 minutes until soft and slightly charred.
2. Cook pasta in salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining.
3. Squeeze roasted garlic from the skins and add everything from the sheet pan to a blender with cream cheese, fresh basil, and ½ cup pasta water.
4. Blend until smooth and creamy, adding more pasta water if needed.
5. Pour sauce into a large pan over medium heat, add cooked pasta, and toss until fully coated.
6. Top with parmesan and fresh basil before serving

28 Comments

  1. Ingredients

    Vegetables
    * 4 large red bell peppers, halved and seeded
    * 2 cups cherry tomatoes (about 1 pint)
    * 3 shallots, peeled and halved
    * 2 whole garlic heads, halved horizontally

    Oil + Seasoning
    * ⅓ cup olive oil
    * 1 tsp kosher salt
    * ½ tsp black pepper
    * 1 tsp garlic powder
    * 1 tsp onion powder
    * 1 tsp dried oregano
    * ½ tsp dried thyme
    * 1 tsp smoked paprika
    * ½ tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

    Sauce + Pasta
    * 4 oz cream cheese
    * ½ cup fresh basil leaves
    * 12–14 oz mafaldine pasta (or pasta of choice)
    * ½–1 cup reserved pasta water

    For Topping
    * ½ cup grated parmesan cheese
    * Fresh basil leaves

    Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 425°F. Add peppers, tomatoes, shallots, and garlic to a sheet pan. Drizzle with olive oil, season with spices, and roast for 30 minutes until soft and slightly charred.
    2. Cook pasta in salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup pasta water before draining.
    3. Squeeze roasted garlic from the skins and add everything from the sheet pan to a blender with cream cheese, fresh basil, and ½ cup pasta water.
    4. Blend until smooth and creamy, adding more pasta water if needed.
    5. Pour sauce into a large pan over medium heat, add cooked pasta, and toss until fully coated.
    6. Top with parmesan and fresh basil before serving

  2. I’m allergic to
    – Tomatoes
    – Garlic
    – Peppers
    – Onion
    -Pasta
    – Water
    – Salt
    – Blenders

    Will it still be good if switch out all of those ingredients

  3. Super easy dinner that takes no time for a busy weekday? I see so much prep and cleaning. Sure it tastes great

  4. Protip this type of sauce works great in a Ninjacrispy. I do goat cheese instead – delicious

  5. Easy? Easy in my book Does not involve heating the oven getting the blender a sheet pan cutting board pot to cook the pasta and pan to mix it in all dirty. Easy includes easy clean up.

  6. Super ez that takes no time except all the ingredients you gotta prepare, then roast and blend and pasta to boil . And dont forget the clean up of a baking sheet, blender, pan, any measuring cups and utensils you used. Super ez!!!