Description
This Fresh Tomato Garden Sauce Recipe is blissfully delicious with its vine-ripe tomato base, herbs, cheese, and wine for added depth!
Ingredients
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- 10 garden tomatoes
- 1 sweet onion, grilled in its skin
- 1 head of garlic, grilled in its skin
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. dried oregano, crushed
- 1 tsp. red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp. coarse ground black pepper
- 3-4 tbs. grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
- 3-4 tbs. wine
- 2 tbs. olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 lb. of your favorite pasta
Instructions
- Clean the tomatoes with water and dry the tomatoes.
- Quarter the tomatoes.
- Place the head of garlic and the sweet onion in a cast iron frying pan, in their skin, and let them slightly char. Let them cool before peeling.
- Pop the garlic from its skin and chop.
- Peel the onion from its skin and slice.
- Heat a large cast iron frying pan, to a gentle heat, with 2 tbs. of olive oil.
- Place the sliced onion, chopped garlic, and seasonings in the pan. Allow the garlic to become fragrant.
- Add the tomatoes and simmer on a gentle heat.
- Add the bay leaf, the wine and the grated cheese and simmer on a gentle heat for at least one hour or more the more it simmers the better it gets.
- Prepare the pasta as directed.
- Serve with grated Parmesan or Romano cheese and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
