I love this pasta from The Silver Palate Cookbook, rarely make it (a pound of brie!) and therefore look forward to every morsel when I do…about once a year, which occurred this past New Year’s Eve. Imagine how good this is with a bottle of champagne! Even though the SP duo has this down as an entree, I actually think it makes a better first course because it’s so rich. It couldn’t be easier and couldn’t be tastier.
serves 4-6 as an entree, 6-8 as a first course
4 ripe tomatoes, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1 pound Brie cheese, rind removed, torn into irregular pieces
1 cup cleaned fresh basil leaves, cut into strips
3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely minced
1 cup best quality olive oil
salt to taste
1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
1 1/2 pounds linguine (sometimes I use angel hair, because it’s Emma’s fave)
freshly grated imported Parmesan cheese (optional)
1. Combine tomatoes, brie, basil, garlic, 1 cup olive oil, salt and pepper in a large serving bowl. Prepare at least 2 hours before serving and set aside, covered, at room temperature
2. Bring 6 quarts of water to a boil in a large pot. Add the linguine and boil until al dente, about 10 minutes.
3. Drain pasta and immediately toss with the tomato sauce. Serve immediately.
I love brie and never thought about using it in pasta!
By: Fallon on January 11, 2010
at 7:20 am
Oh. My. This sounds indecently delicious.
By: Phoo-D on January 11, 2010
at 7:52 am
I almost died and went to heaven the first time I had pasta with Brie!
By: noble pig on January 11, 2010
at 10:17 am
Uhm, that’ll do. Sounds decadent!
By: Bob on January 11, 2010
at 10:35 am
So simply delicious. Happy New Year!
By: RobinSue on January 11, 2010
at 1:11 pm
Catherine I love tomatoes and basil, and this look awesome and tasty, love your plate!, wonderful,gloria
By: Gloria on January 11, 2010
at 3:32 pm
Fie on you, Catherine! I am smack in the middle of Shrink-My-Ass-Month and I am ready to eat my computer screen, just looking at this! Wow.
By: TheKitchenWitch on January 11, 2010
at 3:53 pm
I tell you I cannot, simply cannot, wait to try this dish – it is similar to one we had in Amsterdam but it also had pieces of smoked salmon in it and was absolutely divine.
The other amazing pasta I just had was spinach pasta with gorgonzola cheese sauce and fairly large pieces of pear on top that I think had been simmered in red wine – cannot tell you how fab that was and SO unusual, too.
By: sue on January 11, 2010
at 5:37 pm
What a great idea that spinach pasta is! I’m going to try it–reminds me of the arugula-pear-gorgonzola salad I love (with sugared cashews!).
By: Catherine on January 11, 2010
at 5:44 pm
This looks absolutely delicious! I’ve never had brie with pasta. But that’s about to change!
By: Reeni on January 11, 2010
at 7:21 pm
This pasta sounds terrific with brie, yum! I can’t wait to try it!
By: Natasha - 5 Star Foodie on January 11, 2010
at 7:22 pm
Holy moly- a pound of brie?! I be tthat was decadent and highly caloric but oh so creamy and worth it
By: Monica H on January 12, 2010
at 12:42 am
Wow. Simple and delicious. And I have a small wheel of brie in the fridge right now.
By: Barbara on January 12, 2010
at 8:12 am
Oh Catherine, this pasta looks terrific, I can almost taste the melted brie…yummie!
By: Juliana on January 12, 2010
at 11:23 am
This pasta dish looks amazing.. I love the simplicity of the flavors. How pretty it looks as well.
By: donna on January 12, 2010
at 5:23 pm
Fantastic idea Catherine. I never thought of adding brie to my pasta. YUM!
By: elra on January 13, 2010
at 8:10 am
That sounds divine! And I love your pretty plate too!
By: Jenn@slim-shoppin on January 13, 2010
at 8:39 am
Holy crap–I clicked over from The Kitchen Witch because I was curious to see what you did, and I’m floored–talk about decadence in a bowl!
By: elizabeth on January 13, 2010
at 9:50 am
You had me at a pound of Brie… This looks delicious. The Silver Palate Cookbook was one of the first I read from cover to cover, but somehow I’ve never made this amazing looking dish. I need to rectify that, obviously.
By: lickedspoon on January 14, 2010
at 1:51 pm
A grand pasta dish!! This is so lovely & I so love melted cheese in a fine pasta dish!
MMMMMMMMMM,….
By: Sophie on January 15, 2010
at 12:51 am
That’s a delicious look dish inside a beautiful dish
By: Julie on January 15, 2010
at 7:10 am
this looks beautifully simple! i have bookmarked this, thank you for sharing :O)
By: betty on February 16, 2010
at 4:10 pm
This recipe looks yummy! Made something similar before with brie and bacon. Found that recipe years ago in Bon Appetit.
By: Tina Hum on April 7, 2012
at 11:55 am