Acquasale (sweet pepper sauce)
3 cups
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
| 1 | each | Red onion, finely sliced |
| ½ | each | Garlic clove, finely minced |
| 3 | eaches | Red bell peppers, roasted, ribs, membranes & seeds removed & cut into 1/2\" slices |
| 2 | mediums | Tomatoes, seeded & cut into chunks |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | cup | Fresh breadcrumbs, optional |
Directions
Warm the olive oil in a large heavy saute pot. Add the red onion & saute over a low heat until the onion becomes limp & translucent.
Add the garlic & saute briefly. Stir in the pepper strips & sweat them over low heat for 20 to 25 minutes. Add the tomatoes & salt & cook another 2 to 3 minutes. Cool to room temperature.
Put the mixture in a food processor & pulse about 30 times. DO NOT PUREE. If it seems too moist, add the breadcrumbs.
Serve either as an antipasto, or as a main dish with pasta or polenta.
Or, add stock & serve as a soup.
Carol Field, "Italy in Small Bites" Submitted By MARK SATTERLY On 11-02-95