Pomarola, fresh simple tuscan tomato sauce
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have tomatoes, will sauce!
This is one of the simple sauces we make often, the kids love it on spaghetti and it can keep good flavor for a week if kept covered in the refrigerator.
ingredients for 4
- 2 lbs fresh tomatoes
- 8 leaves of fresh basil
- 2 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
- 1-2 tbsp of salt
- 500 grams (about 2 oz per person) of spaghetti or pasta
- salt and pepper for seasoning
how to prepare, taken from the video
Start by cutting the tomatoes into small cubes.
Add a couple tablespoons of olive oil to a medium sized pan on the stove. Now add the tomatoes to a pan with a couple pinches of salt and let simmer on a medium heat with the lid on for 10 minutes making sure to stir them a couple times.
After 10 minutes remove the lid and let them simmer until most of the watery tomato juice has evaporated.
When the tomatoes are very soft pass them through a food-mill to remove the skins and seeds.
After that put the sauce back onto simmer and rip up some basil and add them in.
To finish mix in the cooked spaghetti while it’s simmering for a couple minutes.
Top it off with grated Parmesan cheese and season to taste with salt, ground black pepper and a little bit of extra-virgin olive oil.
A simple spaghetti sauce.
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