Quick Cooked Tomato Sauce

Name: Quick Cooked Tomato Sauce
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 3 cups halved and slivered onions; 4 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh Italian (flat-leaf) parsley; ½ cup olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, finely slivered; 2 cups diced drained canned plum tomatoes; 2 cups diced fresh plum tomatoes; Pinch of nutmeg

Preparation info

4
portions

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Basics Cookbook

By Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso

Published 1989

About

One of the lightest, sweetest, and freshest-tasting tomato sauces we’ve ever created. Served with just one ounce of angel hair pasta per person, it is delicious, satisfying, and light.

Ingredients

½ cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic, finely slivered
2 cups

Sauce
Vegan

Method

Heat ¼ cup of the olive oil in a saucepan over low heat. Add the garlic and cook until it just softens, 1½ to 2 minutes. Do not brown.
Add the fresh and canned tomatoes, nutmeg, and salt and pepper. Stir, and cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 10 minutes. Then add <