No Cook Tomato Sauce
A friend gave me this recipe for a zesty tomato sauce that does not need to be cooked. Sine you are not cooking the sauce, I find the best way to bring out the flavor of dried spices is to grind them. The easiest method is to grind them a little by hand in a mortar and pestle - I keep a small one by my stove and grind all my dried spices a little before cooking to bring out their fragrant oils. The flavor of this sauce is quite different from a slow cooked sauce and is great for thin pastas that do well with a lighter sauce. Ingredients: Mince the garlic and chop the fresh basil leaves. Drain the tomatoes, reserve the liquid. Transfer tomatoes to food processor or blender, add tomato paste, sugar, salt and pepper and process or blend for a few seconds to combine, adding some tomato liquid as needed. Stir in the reserved liquid, oregano, Italian seasoning, basil, hot pepper flakes, season with salt and pepper. Makes 1 ½ cups.Return to Sauce Recipes |