“I would say the use of cherry tomatoes and grape tomatoes can probably be similar,” says LeHoullier. “If people either eat them off the vine or in the garden, or they blister them, or ...

Lay the cherry tomatoes in a 30cm x 40cm baking ... Lift the ricotta out of the tray, then shake the tomatoes off the vines, discarding the stalks. Add half a mug of pasta water to the tray ...

The simple tomato sauce is made in the oven at the same time. Do buy cherry tomatoes on the vine if you can, they have a wonderful flavour when roasted. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.