Linguine with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

Overview
A simple but delicious linguine pasta dish with roasted cherry tomatoes. Roasting the cherry tomatoes adds an extra unique flavor to this. You can add shrimp or chicken to this linguine too but here I just left it plain the way by boys like it. Make sure you do not overcook the linguine it has to be al dente.

Linguine with Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

Ingredients
Fresh Linguine - 9 Oz
Cherry tomatoes - 20 cleaned and cut in half length wise
Garlic cloves - 3 finely chopped
Red pepper flakes - 1 tablespoon
Dry Basil leaves - 1 tablespoon
Fresh ground black pepper - 1 teaspoon
Olive oil - 4 tablespoons
Salt to taste

Steps
1. Spray oil on a pan and place the cut cherry tomatoes in one layer with the seed side up.  Sprinkle with salt, freshly ground black pepper and one tablespoon olive oil. Roast at 400F in oven for about 20 - 30 minutes till the tomatoes are roasted well.
2. Cook the fresh pasta in salted water per instructions. Drain and add fresh basil leaves and a tablespoon pf olive oil. Mix well and keep aside.
3. In a large pan heat 2 tablespoon of olive oil. When the oil gets hot add the finely chopped garlic to this and saute till the garlic starts to turn light brown. Add the red pepper flakes and saute  few minutes.
4. Add the roasted tomatoes to this followed by the pasta and Mix well. Turn off heat  and it is ready to serve.

You can serve this sprinkled with parmesan cheese.