Red Pasta Sauce

Ingredients

  • 15 ripe tomatoes
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 4 tablespoons of basil, fresh
  • 1 teaspoon of pepper
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 2 tablespoons of olive oil

Instructions

  1. 1 Score the bottom of each tomato with an “X”
  2. 2 Boil a large pot of water and in batches boil the tomatoes for about a minute.
  3. 3 Place the boiled tomatoes in a bowl of ice water.
  4. 4 Once cool, peal the skins off, quarter and remove seeds. Place in a food processor and process.
  5. 5 Heat olive oil and garlic in a 5 quart pot until fragrant.
  6. 6 Add tomatoes, pepper, sugar and basil stirring often.
  7. 7 Simmer for 1 hour with pot uncovered, 1 1/2 hours with pot covered.