Basic Sauce
- 4 ripe tomatoes, seeded and chopped roughly- if you can do a fine dice fine, if not do what you can.
2. 3 cloves garlic smashed to a paste, or use jarred garlic paste
3. salt to taste
4. pepper to taste
5. 1/4 -1/2 olive oil
Add ins:
1. Kalmata olives, feta cheese, and 1/2 basil -- family favorite with pasta, use more of less
olives and cheese to your taste.
2. Juice of 1 lemon, rind of 1 lemons, 2 t. capers, 1/2 teaspoon sugar, 1/2 cup parsley ---
perfect for fish, fried, poached or baked
3. cilantro,1 seeded and chopped jalapeno whole garbanzos, lemon zest, 2 T lemon juice and 1 teaspoon cumin. perfect for
pita chips.
Whenever I can find great tomatoes I make these dishes for my family. Experiement with your own combos and post them here.