Mix together:
Diced tomatoes,
onions, salt, pepper, basil, extra virgin olive oil, aged Italian
Balsamic vinegar
Put topping
on sliced bread, top with parmegiano reggiano and serve as an
appetizer. (Toasting or grilling the bread brings out more flavor
and helps the bread not get soggy.
Making pasta
sauce like they do in Italy is easy. All you need is the correct
ingredients.
Pagaani tomato
paste
peeled chopped or whole tomatoes, cans or Pomi Carton
onions
fresh garlic
fresh basil
extra virgin olive oil
Slice the
onions and garlic razor thin and sauté in a pan with olive
oil on medium heat. After the onions and garlic become translucent,
pour in the chopped tomatoes and fresh basil and let simmer for
about ten minutes while stirring occasionally. Add 4 oz. of tomato
paste, salt and pepper to taste. Let cook for another 15 minutes
to a half hour on low heat. The longer it cooks the better.
Variations:
1.) You can
make a vegetable sauce using mushrooms, eggplant, red, green or
yellow peppers, or any vegetable you like by adding the cut vegetables
when you add the onions and garlic.
2.) Seafood
sauce: Add raw cleaned clams, mussels, scallops or shrimp, five
minutes after you add the tomato paste. The fish will cook in
the sauce and permeate the whole dish with a pleasant seafood
taste.
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