Vermicelli di Positano

Vermicelli di Positano

This fresh tomato vermicelli di Positano recipe is great for summer. You only have to cook the pasta and marinate the vegetables and herbs. Perfect for vegetarians and vegans, easy, nutritious and delicious!

Have you ever been to Positano? For many Italians and tourists, Positano and the Amalfi coast represent not only the real essence of Italy but Italian cooking at its finest. The cuisine in this part of Italy is full of delicious seafood, wonderful vegetables and fruit ripened in the Mediterranean sun, as well as meat and cheese from the Lattari mountains. However, for me, it’s the marriage of all this produce with pasta that makes the food in this part of Italy so scrumptious!

Gragnano pasta

Positano is only an hour’s drive from Gragnano, a city that has been producing what many believe to be the best dried pasta in Italy (and the world) since 16^th century. Needless to say that both the quality and taste of pasta in this area is most probably the best you will find anywhere. For this recipe I used vermicelli made by Garofalo, a company that has been producing pasta in Gragnano since 1789! However, there are many other excellent pasta makers in this area. If you can’t find vermicelli from Gragnano, you can, of course, use other makes of vermicelli or even very thin spaghetti.

Pasta recipes from Positano and Amalfi!

The list of pasta dishes from this part of Italy is pretty long, especially when it comes to seafood pasta dishes. However, some of these are not so easy to make at home and in many places fresh seafood is either very expensive or hard to come by. Having said that, there are many recipes from this part of Italy which CAN be made at home and will definitely appeal to seafood lovers, non-seafood lovers and vegetarians. Included in this list and already posted on the Pasta Project  so far are ‘spaghetti alla Nerano‘ (with fried zucchini), ‘spaghetti al limone with ricotta‘, ‘creamy linguine al limone‘ and ‘spaghetti alla puttanesca‘ which needs no introduction to most pasta lovers!

There are a number of recipes for pasta di Positano or alla Positano and, as I discovered, they’re not always the same! I decided on this vermicelli recipe because it’s so perfect for summer and here in Italy it’s pretty hot at the moment. The forecast for Verona tomorrow is 34 degrees Celsius, so heavy pasta dishes will have to wait for cooler weather!

Not only is this vermicelli di Positano recipe light, but it’s also a super easy no-cook recipe, meaning you only have to cook the pasta. The rest of the ingredients are marinated in extra virgin olive oil for an hour or two.  Once you have cooked your pasta you just have to mix it with the vegetables and herbs and serve! Give it a try. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s a super dish to add to your pasta repertoire.

If you make this vermicelli di Positano recipe I’d love to hear how it turns out and if you liked it. Please leave a comment here on the blog or on The Pasta Project Facebook page. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Buon appetito!

(This recipe was originally posted 12 July 2017, but it has been updated with new photos and text!)

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Vermicelli di Positano

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

15 mins

marinating time

1 hr

Total Time

25 mins

 

This delicious light pasta dish from Positano is a super easy no-cook recipe, meaning you only have to cook the pasta.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Campania, Italian, Southern Italian

Keyword: pasta recipe, raw vegetables, summer pasta, vegetarian, vermicelli

Servings: 4

Calories: 330 kcal

Author: Jacqueline De Bono

Ingredients

• 400 g vermicelli Italian pasta (14oz)
• 600 g mature small tomatoes I used cherry tomatoes (1lb 5 0z)
• 1/2 onion peeled and finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves peeled. 1 finely chopped
• 2 celery stalks finely chopped
• 1 cup fresh parsley finely chopped
• 1/2 cup basil leaves finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 4-5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil.
• salt for pasta and to taste
• black pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Chop the onion, celery, basil, parsley and one garlic clove very finely (I put them in a hand-held food processor) Cut the tomatoes in halves or quarters.

2. Rub the other garlic clove onto the sides of a large bowl that can also accommodate the pasta when it’s cooked.

3. Put the tomatoes, chopped vegetables, oregano and olive oil into the bowl, saving a little parsley for serving.

4. Add salt and pepper to taste and mix everything together well.
5. Cover with cling film and leave to marinate for an hour or 2 (not in the fridge)
6. Cooked the vermicelli al dente in boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. (normally 13 minutes)

7. As soon as the pasta is cooked, strain it and add it to the bowl with the tomato mixture and a little more olive oil if it seems dry. Mix everything together well.

8. Serve immediately sprinkled with a little more chopped parsley.

Recipe Notes

You can also make this recipe with other types of long pasta such as spaghetti, linguine, tagliolini etc
The cooking times do not include the time needed to marinate the tomatoes or boil the water for the pasta.

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