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simple summer spaghetti

main courses | serves 4
A really simple, quick and amazingly tasty pasta dish which always hits the spot and will impress your mates. Try baking some fish filets over the herby tomatoes... it's fantastic.

In a large bowl, scrunch the tomatoes with your hands to slightly mush them. Mix in the olives, garlic and vinegar. Tear in the basil and marjoram leaves and pour in the olive oil. Allow to sit for 10 minutes.

Cook your pasta in salted boiling water according to the packet instructions until al dente. Drain and quickly toss in with the tomatoes. Call your guests around the table, then taste the juice at the bottom of the bowl and adjust the seasoning if you feel it needs it. Serve right away.

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ingredients

• 500g mixed red and yellow cherry tomatoes, halved
• 150g good black olives, stoned
• 1 clove of garlic, peeled and finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• a bunch of fresh lemon basil, leaves picked
• a bunch of fresh marjoram, leaves picked
• 10 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 400g spaghetti or linguine
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

user comments

21 comments

1. Jean Schemel Tue 21 Jul 2009 @ 18:11 I live in london....... where can I buy marjoram and lemon basil?

2. vanya Thu 16 Jul 2009 @ 15:03 i love it jamie.. so simple and easy to make. :)
if i don't use red wine vinegar.. what should I use?

3. Denise Fri 05 Jun 2009 @ 17:19 I love this, it's so easy you don't need a recipe after you make it a few times just a little of this or that. Anyone that I have made this for loves it.
thanks for all your wonderful inspuration Jamie

4. Teresa Sun 24 May 2009 @ 00:41 Fantastic, so simple yet elegant.

5. Manuela Tue 17 Mar 2009 @ 18:44 Hi Jamie! I'm manuela from Italy. i love that recipe, it is excellent, but for me it is hard to find yellow tomatoes!!
ciao !

6. Lisa Sun 15 Feb 2009 @ 21:19 hello,
my name is lisa and im 6 years old. I really love your recipes, i love cooking and your my insparation! This is a gr8 recipe!
=]

xx

7. riverside1 Thu 01 Jan 2009 @ 02:37 Hi Jamie, I watched Jamie at Home over Christmas and you got me hooked on having ago. I recorded the show and sent it to my family in OZ with your web site link. They will love this, as after 40 years in OZ as "10 pound pom's", they are still home sick. Cheers Mate, Jim..... London

8. Merijn from Maastricht Sun 21 Sep 2008 @ 16:41 This is a great spaghetti.
I didn't have the wine vinegar but I used balsamic vinegar instead. mmmm
I also put in some baked bacon.
You can wake me up for this, anytime!

9. Gintare Tue 22 Jul 2008 @ 21:10 Your recipes are great. Could i get recipes without meat? Thanks.

10. tim Thu 10 Jul 2008 @ 15:18 Hi i need some tasty high- carb recipes .nice and simple,cheers

11. Mikayla Wed 11 Jun 2008 @ 22:10 you should put on more food for kids around 15-16 so i can use them.. Thank you

12. Daan Sat 31 May 2008 @ 15:15 We make and eat it yesterday, an it was great.
Greeting from holland.

13. Jordan Ward Wed 21 May 2008 @ 15:05 hello please can i use your images and recipes for my course work on 5 a day

14. Emilie Mon 19 May 2008 @ 12:01 yes, brilliant if you can find cherry tomatoes. Not so easy to find in Kabul. What's the best thing to substitute them with? Or can I just add sugar to normal tomatoes to make them sweeter?

15. Robb Sat 12 Apr 2008 @ 14:13 Leisel, don't let your hubbie dominate you like that LOL.

16. Leisel Sun 27 Jan 2008 @ 08:35 Really good. I used top quality truss cherry tomatoes and they were so sweet. I thought my husband would turn his nose up, but he ate it all and then asked for seconds. I will cook this one again for sure

17. hannah wade Tue 13 Nov 2007 @ 21:00 was delisous

18. Kao Wed 19 Sep 2007 @ 16:39 This maybe delicious if it's served as pasta fredda?

19. girl wonder Wed 12 Sep 2007 @ 18:10 Is great for the summer for two reasons

1. It requires little stove cooking - which is great for all those hot summer nights when you don't want to heat up the kitchen with a stove. I made this dish with friends the other night and we prepared all the ingredients out side and boiled the pasta on the stove

2. Its sooo Fresh and a great way to really taste tomatoes.

TIP: Top off with a heaping spoon full of Ricotta Cheese!

20. Lindsay Brown Mon 03 Sep 2007 @ 17:37 A really simple way of cooking - colourful and good for impressing friends. A good olive oil makes this dish and the baked fish added on top is a brilliant extra.

21. Wayne Molyneaux Mon 20 Aug 2007 @ 17:40 Excellent spaghetti i tried it out and came out very good, amazing what you can do with such simple ingredients