Our Favorite Cherry Tomato Recipes

Pizza with Cherry Tomatoes, Mozzarella and Basil

By Chris KimballSeptember 19, 2024

Tomato-Olive Focaccia

The world’s best focaccia comes from Bari, Italy, where oozing buckets of dough bake up into an impossibly airy, tender crumb. OR A recreation of a light, open-crumbed focaccia from Bari, Italy, with tomatoes and olives melded in the crust.

By Diane UngerJanuary 21, 2024

Pasta with Tomatoes, Sweet Corn and Avocados

This colorful pasta salad is best made with in-season tomatoes and sweet, fresh corn. In non-summer months, however, frozen corn works well. The kernels are dropped into the pasta during the final minutes of boiling and cooked only briefly so they ret

By Dimitri DemopolousOctober 17, 2023

Romaine and White Bean Salad with Feta

Maroulosalata is a simple Greek salad that typically includes chopped romaine, salty feta and a lemony dressing. To turn the light, bright staple into a hearty dinner, we add tangy-sweet tomatoes, meaty olives and cannellini beans. Warming the beans b

By Hisham Ali HassanJune 21, 2024

Burmese Tomato Salad with Shallots and Peanuts

This tomato salad is an electric symphony of sweet, salty, tangy, nutty, herbal and spicy notes that elevate tomatoes’ summery flavor.

By Courtney HillAugust 15, 2022

Campanelle Pasta with Sweet Corn, Tomatoes and Basil

This summery campanelle utilizes sweet corn two ways to infuse the noodles with creamy, grassy sweetness.

By Courtney HillOctober 15, 2019

Calabrian-Style Tomato and Sweet Pepper Sauce with Pasta

This recipe was inspired by a stewy mélange of cherry tomatoes, garlic, sweet-spicy peppers and extra-virgin olive oil that was served with flatbread at Ristorante Barbieri in Calabria. To make a sauce for pasta, we combine mini sweet peppers (usually

By Courtney HillApril 21, 2025

Warm Chickpea Salad with Tomatoes, Capers and Toasted Breadcrumbs

This substantial salad is weeknight-easy thanks to canned chickpeas, and a simple technique ensures we don’t sacrifice flavor for speed. Warming the chickpeas before tossing them with the dressing helps them absorb flavor as they cool. Sliced garlic a

By Felisia TanMarch 27, 2025

Panzanella with Tomatoes and Roasted Fennel

Classic panzanella is a rustic Italian salad that pairs crusty bread with summer vegetables and fresh herbs, all dressed with olive oil and vinegar. For this version, we toast bread, torn into pieces, with wedges of fresh fennel and sprinkle on some g

By Rose HattabaughOctober 17, 2023

One-Pot Tortellini with Cherry Tomatoes and Salami

There’s no need to boil a large pot of water for this recipe because we cook the pasta in the sauce for better flavor absorption. But we first brown the filled pasta in olive oil, a step that builds flavor in the dish. Then cherry (or grape) tomatoes

By Rose HattabaughOctober 17, 2023

Chicken Curry with Tomatoes and Yogurt

A yogurt-based marinade turns chunks of chicken perfectly succulent and tender while also bringing rich creaminess to the sauce. The marinade is enhanced by fresh ginger—or garlic, or, better yet, both—and warm curry powder. Cherry (or grape) tomatoes

By Rose HattabaughOctober 17, 2023

Orecchiette with Cherry Tomatoes and Mozzarella

This creamy, sweet-tart orecchiette dish takes inspiration from pasta alla Sorrentina, a southern Italian classic featuring fresh, quick-cooked tomatoes, mozzarella and aromatic basil. To make it, we quickly infuse oil with garlic, then stir in whole

By Malcolm JacksonOctober 17, 2023

Chicken en Cocotte with Cherry Tomatoes, Green Olives and Oregano

Cooking chicken in orange juice creates a bright pan sauce, with tomatoes and olives for punchy Mediterranean flavor.

White Beans with Cherry Tomatoes and Dill

Rigatoni with Cherry Tomatoes and Anchovies

At Osteria ai Promessi Sposi in Venice, Italy, chef Claudio Furlanis taught us how to make a dish of his own creation—pasta tossed with cherry tomatoes, sautéed onion and anchovies. Furlanis briefly roasted the tomatoes to render them soft and juicy a

By Diane UngerJanuary 26, 2022

Cod with Cherry Tomatoes, Olives and Capers

Pesce alla ghiotta, or “glutton-style fish,” is a southern Italian dish commonly made with firm, meaty swordfish. The sauce—a chunky, quick-cooked medley of tomatoes, anchovies, olives, capers and sometimes raisins and pine nuts—epitomizes the bold, s

By Rose HattabaughMarch 17, 2022

Bucatini Pasta with Cherry Tomato Sauce and Fresh Sage

This is our adaptation of a recipe from Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook, “Simple.” With gentle simmering and a bit of water to facilitate cooking, cherry or grape tomatoes are transformed into a bold pasta sauce. To ratchet up the flavor, we've added herb

By Phoebe MaglathlinJune 3, 2019

Seared and Steamed Green Beans and Tomatoes with Feta

Sweet cherry (or grape) tomatoes go into the skillet with green beans where both blister and char. We like the fruity, cuminy notes of Aleppo pepper in this dish but the earthiness of smoked paprika is great, too. Feta cheese sprinkled on at the end a

By Courtney HillOctober 13, 2020

Pasta with Pistachios, Tomatoes and Mint

Sicily is known for its pistachios, so it’s no surprise that the colorful, subtly sweet nuts feature heavily in the region's cuisine. This recipe is our take on a pistachio- and tomato-dressed pasta taught to us by Doriana Gesualdi, owner of Sicilia i

By Courtney HillDecember 10, 2018

Salmon in Coconut-Curry Sauce

For this simple skillet dinner, we borrowed from “In Bibi’s Kitchen” by Hawa Hassan. Instead of mackerel, we use salmon fillets and pair them with a saucy mix of vegetables simmered in coconut milk. A small measure of curry powder, a stand-in for the

By Courtney HillApril 9, 2021

Polenta with Roasted Tomatoes and Gorgonzola

Cooking polenta in the even heat of the oven instead of on the stovetop means virtually no stirring. And while the polenta cooks gently on the lower rack, cherry (or grape) tomatoes and shallots roast on the upper rack, their textures softening and fl

By Malcolm JacksonOctober 17, 2023

Chicken Traybake with Poblano Chilies, Tomatoes and Onions

Family-friendly chicken fajitas inspired this easy dinner on a baking sheet. We add the ingredients in stages to ensure each cooks perfectly. First, we cook earthy poblano chilies and onions until tender. Then sweet-tart tomatoes join the mix, followe

By Courtney HillOctober 27, 2023

Bulgur Pilaf with Tomatoes and Eggplant (Shulbato)

Palestinian shulbato is a type of bulgur pilaf. It features tomatoes, which tint the grain a rust-red hue, along with a few other summer vegetables, plus spices that lend an earthy aroma. For our version, we opt for cherry or grape tomatoes since they

By Courtney Hill & Malcolm JacksonJune 22, 2023

Grape Tomato Salad with Parsley and Dill

With any garden-fresh salad that stars minimal ingredients, such as summer tomatoes, light techniques make a big difference.

By Julia RackowOctober 15, 2019

Goan-Style Chili-Fry with Beef, Tomatoes and Potatoes

On the southwestern coast of India, the state of Goa was under Portuguese control for more than 400 years, and its port city served as a trading hub between Europe and points east. Not surprisingly, the food and cooking of the region fuses ingredients

By Calvin CoxSeptember 30, 2021

Georgian-Style Chicken Stew with Tomatoes and Herbs

This flavorful braised chicken is based on the Georgian dish chakhokbili, an aromatic stew that combines garlic, fresh tomatoes and a spice blend called khmeli-suneli, which includes blue fenugreek and coriander. We approximated the flavor of blue fen

By Julia RackowApril 7, 2020

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio with Tomatoes and Basil

Italy’s perfect pasta—cheap, easy, essentially olive oil and pasta—gets an added flavor boost from tomatoes and basil.

By Rose HattabaughSeptember 10, 2021

Peruvian Steak Stir-Fry with Onions and Tomatoes (Lomo Saltado)

For our take on Peru’s lomo saltado, a quick stir-fry of soy-marinated beef, tomatoes and onions, we mix cumin into marinade for deeper flavor.

By Laura RussellFebruary 5, 2018

Tomato Rice with Oregano and Feta

This is our adaptation of Diane Kochilas’ risotto-esque tomato rice. The grains are cooked until al dente (the centers are still slightly firm) and the consistency is a little loose and soupy. We opted to use grape or cherry tomatoes because they tend

By Diane UngerAugust 5, 2019

Fennel, Tomato and Parsley Salad

By Courtney HillOctober 7, 2019