Italian recipes: pasta au gratin with tomatoes

With temperatures now on the rise, one needs something light to eat ( without having to give up on taste and switch to salads) so here‘s delicious pasta recipe which will make your mouth water!Ingredients: 400 g pasta (a short variety of it); 10 small fresh tomatoes; 10 dried tomatoes; chopped parsley; 1 cup vegetable stock; extra virgin oil; 1 garlic clove; white pepper; basil.

Preparation: Cook the pasta in slightly salted water.
In the meanwhile in a baking dish place half of the chopped fresh tomatoes and half of the dried ones.
Add the chopped parsley, basil leaves, white pepper and oil.
Stir in the pasta and top with the left tomatoes.

Add stock, Parmesan cheese and bake for a few minutes (until the cheese has melted).
Next remove from the oven and leave to cool.
This recipe serves 4!