Pasta With Tomato Salsa And Feta

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 fresh tomatoes
• 1/4 cup fresh parmesan cheese, shave into ribbons
• 2 cups torn fresh spinach
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 lb penne
• 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
• 3 tablespoons pine nuts, toasted
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

Recipe

• 1 cut an"x" through skin at bottom of each tomato.
• 2 blanch tomatoes in boiling water for 30 seconds.
• 3 plunge in cold water and peel off skin with sharp knife.
• 4 cut in half and remove seeds.
• 5 coarsely chop and set aside in a bowl.
• 6 add parmesan, spinach, garlic, oil, basil and pepper to tomatoes.
• 7 cook penne in boiling salted water until tender.
• 8 drain and toss with tomato mixture.
• 9 top with feta and pine nuts and sprinkle with parsley.