Cheesy Ham and Tomato Pasta

5 from 1 vote

This recipe for Cheesy Ham and Tomato Pasta is decadent and delicious and will taste like a chef is hiding in your kitchen

Prep Time30

Cook Time30

Total Time1

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Ham and tomato sauce

Servings: servings

Calories: 600kcal

Cost: $8

Preheat oven to 400.
Bring stock, wine, vinegar, berries, rosemary and shallots to a boil in a 9-10inch oven proof skillet over medium-high heat. Simmer until able to reduced to 1/2 cup.
Stir in the tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
Stir in the cream, salt and pepper, simmer stirring occasionally until thickened 10-12 minutes.
Add the slices of ham in the skillet – spreading them out over the skillet .
Sprinkle the top with first parmesan and then mozzarella.
Bake in the oven until the ham is heated through and the cheese is melted and bubbly – about 30 minutes. Serve immediately over fresh cooked pasta.

This recipe calls for Chardonay, if you are opposed to using wine in your dish, use added chicken stock instead.

When you are first trying this recipe, it seems a little overwhelming. It isn't. Just put your ingredients out where you can reach them and remember the recipe in terms of basic steps. Create the sauce first, cook the wine and other ingredients down by half, add the tomatoes, add the ham, add the cheeses and throw it in the oven. It's really that easy.

You'll want to use a pasta that has plenty of little grooves to catch the sauce. That's a special treat.

Save some of the pasta water. If your tomato sauce isn't as thin as you like, add pasta water 1/4 cup at a time until it is as thin as you prefer.