Recipe: Perfect Pasta Sorrentina

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Recipe: Perfect Pasta Sorrentina Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Pasta Sorrentina. A simple, delicious and deeply addictive dish, this pasta alla Sorrentina recipe sees a cherry tomato sauce combined with fresh basil, smoked scamorza cheese and paccheri pasta. As this dish contains so few ingredients, make sure you invest in the best. Using cherry tomatoes at peak season, for example, will provide stunning results.

From traditional prep in the oven to the summer recipe… there are so many ways to enjoy Pasta alla Sorrentina!

Gnocchi sorrentina, and in the more general sense, pasta alla sorrentina, is an Italian first course that is famous in every way.

A very simple recipe that proves anyone can be a good cook!

You can cook Pasta Sorrentina using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pasta Sorrentina

  1. Prepare 500 g of short pasta.

  2. You need 200 ml of passata.

  3. You need 2 of mozzarella.

  4. You need of Basil.

  5. You need of Olive oil.

  6. You need of Parmesan.

  7. Prepare of Garlic.

  8. It’s to taste of Salt.

The secret lies in the quality of the ingredients.

They may be few, but they are excellent!

Baked pasta alla Sorrentina is a typical Neapolitan recipe the most famous version of which is gnocchi alla Sorrentina.

For the gnocchi version, potato gnocchi are baked in a tomato sauce with mozzarella and basil.

Pasta Sorrentina instructions

  1. Cook pasta al dente in salted water according to instructions. Fry garlic gently in oil for 2-3 mins. Add passata sauce, fresh torn basil and cook for 4-5 mins. Remove the garlic.

  2. Drain pasta, add to sauce, mix well. Transfer to an oven dish.

  3. Chop the mozzarella, add it on top. Add some grated Parmesan too.

  4. Put under a hot grill for about 5 mins until all yummy :).

However, there are a number of different 'alla sorrentina' recipes.

A classic Italian "primo", or starter pasta, from the Campania region of Italy.

Fresh tomatoes are sauteed with onion, garlic, and basil, then tossed with fresh mozzarella, basil, and your favorite gnocchi or short pasta.

In the summer, we skip the oven part of this recipe and just eat it after being tossed in the saute pan.

Baked penne alla Sorrentina is a perfect example of the simplicity of the dishes from Campania, a region in south Italy.