Cherry tomatoes, my favourite tomatoes, and yet they always seem to end up in a salad of some kind. Pasta dishes these days seem to only want to include plumb tomatoes. It’s all been a lie! Cherry tomatoes make the best tomato sauce.

The cherry tomatoes make a amazing silky and sweet tomato sauce that really is as easy as it gets. The trick is to leave the tomatoes cooking slowly for at least 30 minutes or so. At this point they’ve broken down into a deliciously smooth sauce.

What better pasta to go with a smooth tomato sauce then the wonderful orzo. There is not enough orzo recipes around if you ask me. This wonderful grain like pasta is chewy and aldente. Giving a much needed bite to the pasta sauce.

To top it off we’ve got a crunchy spinach breadcrumb topping. This easy zero waste recipe uses up all of your stale bread in no time. And it works with any limp veg that you need to get rid of - parsley, mint, spinach, chard, e.t.c. Plus it’s wonderfully versatile and goes over pasta, tray bakes, soups, pretty much anything you throw at it. It’s like a magic ingredient to add an extra dimension to any dish.

When to eat

Tomato season in the uk is a fickle thing. You’ll get the best cherry tomatoes from mid June to September. If you’re eating this dish outside of that season try switching out the cherry tomatoes for some canned plumb tomatoes and adding a few teaspoons of sugar.