Cold Pasta With Spicy Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette
- 8 medium ripe tomatoes
- 2 cups vegetable broth (recipe above)
- 1 cup minced rosemary
- 6 cloves garlic, roasted and peeled
- 2 anchovy fillets
- 1 teaspoon capers, drained
- 1/2 cup oil-cured olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons Sherry vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup torn basil leaves
- 1/4 cup minced oregano leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, plus more to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, plus more to taste
- 1/2 pound fusilli
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Put the tomatoes on a baking sheet and roast them in the oven until the skin begins to blister, about 30 minutes.
- Set aside until cool.
- Meanwhile, pour the vegetable broth into a small saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Turn off the heat, add the rosemary and steep for 1 minute.
- Strain and cool in the refrigerator.
- Place a large sieve above a glass or ceramic bowl.
- Peel, seed and core all of the tomatoes over the sieve.
- Coarsely chop 6 of the tomatoes and set them aside.
- Crush the remaining 2 tomatoes over the bowl, pushing the pulp through the mesh to extract as much juice as possible.
- Discard pulp and seeds.
- Combine the roasted garlic, anchovy fillets, capers and half of the olives in a bowl.
- Smash into a paste.
- Set aside.
- Combine the rosemary essence, roasted-tomato juice, sugar and vinegar in a large salad bowl.
- Whisk in the olive oil.
- Add the salt and pepper.
- Add the garlic paste, chopped tomatoes, pasta, remaining olives, basil and oregano.
- Toss to combine.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Cook the pasta in boiling water until tender.
- Drain.
- Add it to the vinaigrette and toss.
- Refrigerate until chilled.
tomatoes, vegetable broth, rosemary, garlic, anchovy, capers, oilcured olives, sugar, sherry vinegar, olive oil, torn basil, oregano, salt, freshly ground pepper, fusilli
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/4318 (may not work)