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Quick Pasta with Tomatoes

I needed dinner and I needed it fast. I had some lovely pancetta and some grape tomatoes and magic happened. Quick Pasta with Tomatoes 3-4 oz pancetta, chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 pt grape tomatoes, quartered handful of basil salt/pepper 1lb pasta water from pasta While pasta is cooking, place pancetta in a large skillet and heat until slightly browned. Add garlic and cook until fragrant. Add tomatoes and basil. Cook until tomatoes start to soften. Drain pasta and reserve some of the pasta water. Add pasta and about 1c of water to pancetta/tomato mixture. Add pepper and salt to taste (be sure to taste the pancetta might be salty). Add additional water until reaches desired consistency. I wouldn't even call this a recipe. It's more like throwing together a few ingredients that you probably have on hand into a skillet and serving. Feel free to add some Parmesan Cheese.  I had to skimp a bit on the basil as I didn't have that much, but it was still del...