Pasta Pomodoro
Encyclopedia
Pasta Pomodoro is an Italian
food typically prepared with pasta
, olive oil
, fresh tomatoes, basil
, and other fresh ingredients that may vary. It is intended to be a quick light dish, rather than a dish in a heavy sauce.
Pomodoro means tomato in Italian.
Italian cuisine
Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BCE. Italian cuisine in itself takes heavy influences, including Etruscan, ancient Greek, ancient Roman, Byzantine, Jewish and Arab cuisines...
food typically prepared with pasta
Pasta
Pasta is a staple food of traditional Italian cuisine, now of worldwide renown. It takes the form of unleavened dough, made in Italy, mostly of durum wheat , water and sometimes eggs. Pasta comes in a variety of different shapes that serve for both decoration and to act as a carrier for the...
, olive oil
Olive oil
Olive oil is an oil obtained from the olive , a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin. It is commonly used in cooking, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and soaps and as a fuel for traditional oil lamps...
, fresh tomatoes, basil
Basil
Basil, or Sweet Basil, is a common name for the culinary herb Ocimum basilicum , of the family Lamiaceae , sometimes known as Saint Joseph's Wort in some English-speaking countries....
, and other fresh ingredients that may vary. It is intended to be a quick light dish, rather than a dish in a heavy sauce.
Pomodoro means tomato in Italian.