Garden tomato sauce
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ | cup | Extra virgin olive oil |
| 4 | Cloves garlic, chopped | |
| pinch | Crushed red pepper flakes | |
| 8 | cups | Diced, peeled and seeded |
| Plum tomatoes | ||
| 1½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Pepper |
| 3 | tablespoons | Chopped fresh basil |
Directions
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and saute until golden brown. Add the pepper flakes and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the tomatoes, season with the salt and pepper, and cook, partially covered, over low heat for 25 minutes. Add the basil when the sauce is almost completely cooked.
Yield: About 2 cups
CHEF DU JOUR DAVID RUGGERIO SHOW #DJ9449 (courtesy David Ruggerio, "Little Italy Cookbook")