Michael Ruhlman's Pasta with Tomato Water, Basil, and Garlic Recipe on Food52

Name: Michael Ruhlman's Pasta with Tomato Water, Basil, and Garlic Recipe on Food52
Ingredients: 4 ripe tomatoes, large dice; 1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt; 12 ounces spaghetti or any pasta you like; 10 cloves of garlic; 1 cup basil, cut into ribbons; 3 ounces butter, cut into three chunks; Olive oil, as needed

"Tomatoes do double duty in the summer's best pasta -- and it all comes together in the time it takes to set the table. Michael Ruhlman first read the bones of this recipe in a long-since-forgotten paperback cookbook in 1984. "I had never heard of fresh basil," he told me. "So I used dry and it was still pretty good." It's been a weeknight staple in his family ever since, and over the past thirty years, he's refined the technique -- now mounting the tomato water with butter to make a brightly flavored sauce that cli..."

INGREDIENTS

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4 ripe tomatoes, large dice

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1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons coarse kosher salt

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12 ounces spaghetti or any pasta you like

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10 cloves of garlic

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1 cup basil, cut into ribbons

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3 ounces butter, cut into three chunks

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Olive oil, as needed

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