simple pomodoro – Chef’s Table

simple pomodoro.

ingredients.

2 #’s ripe tomatoes, as local as possible

5 large cloves garlic, smashed and finely chopped

¼ cup (or 5 ½ glugs of good olive oil from a big bottle)

12 large basil leaves

Jacobsen sea salt

what’s next.

in a medium sauce pan over medium low heat add olive oil and garlic
let the garlic become one with the oil but no brown bits…keep it movin’
if you think its getting close pull the pan entirely off the heat! a fraction of a second turns this simple sauce from hero to total zero.
this garlic step is super important.
add chopped tomatoes, and salt and stir to combine
reduce heat to the lowest possible and cook for 40 minutes, stirring occasionally
tear basil into the sauce in nice sized pieces and stir in
give it a taste….more salt? add it.

what it adds to the fridge this week.

a cold sauce for steamed green beans with a little shaved parmesan
a simple delicious pizza sauce
the base for Sunday a.m. eggs in purgatory… add crushed red pepper to the sauce, crack some eggs in, bake at 400 until eggs are set to your liking.
mid week piece of white fish, pomodoro on top, baked at 400 (better yet, broiled) with a little white wine and lemon in the pan
blended smooth this could be the base for a delicious late summer cold soup or “salad dressing” replacement
the perfect classic sauce for pasta.. whatever “pasta” means to you