Blistered Tomato Pasta with Parmesan Truffle Oil Breadcrumbs

Ok, well the title of this dish says it all!! It is simple and requires just a few ingredients but DAMN it is GOOD!! Its one of the reasons I love Italian food-simple but full of flavor and texture.  Not to mention you should have all of these ingredients on hand, except for the herbs de provence and truffle oil. These are two "fancier" items in my cabinet but don't let the price of them deter you because a little of both go a long way. I was out of bread crumbs as well as bread but I did have hamburger buns, so I just toasted them in the oven, ground them up in blender and then toasted them in a pan with a little olive oil!! You just gotta think people!
 While this does not call for any meat, it does call for bacon grease so its not technically a vegetarian dish.  You can substitute with olive oil but bacon grease lends so much more flavor!! UGH this is making my mouth water just typing this.  So, yeah, make this and drink a good bottle of red wine with it! I recommend drinking red wine with everything actually.  :-)

**Ingredients**

• 1 Cup cherry tomatoes
• About 1 tbsp per serving of toasted bread crumbs
• Angel hair pasta enough for 2-3 servings
• 1 tbsp bacon grease + 1 tbsp olive oil
• Truffle oil for drizzling
• 1 garlic clove minced
• About 1/2 cup red onion
• Juice of half a lemon
• Red pepper flakes
• Herbs de provence
• Salt & Pepper
• Grated parmesan cheese

1. Heat oven to 375
2. Put tomatoes on a baking sheet with olive oil and salt & pepper.  Roast for about 20-25 min.  
3. While these are roasting, saute your red onion in a pan with bacon grease, garlic and lemon juice.  
4. Cook until onions are soft then turn the heat off. 
5. A few minutes before tomatoes are done cook pasta, leave in water!
6. Toast about 1/3 of a cup of bread crumbs in a pan with a tad of oil, set aside. 
7. Take tomatoes out and add to onions.  Turn heat back on to a low-med.
8. Add a hefty pinch of herbs de provence and red pepper flakes to tomato and onions.  
9. Stir all together. Then using tongs add pasta straight from pasta water.  
10. Coat noodles with mixture. 
11. Add noodles to a bowl then top with breadcrumbs, sprinkle of grated parmesan and a drizzle of truffle oil.  Do a light drizzle because truffle oil is very strong and can easily over power a dish. 

"MANGIARE MANGIARE"!!!