Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Vine Ripened Tomato Sauce with Gremeli


Summertime is a great time of the year to eat. I love to eat vegetables right out of the garden or picked from local farms or picked up a farm stand. Tomatoes are perfection this time of year. And those of you who grow them might have so many that you are looking for more ways to use them. This recipe is sure to please!
A lovely dish to cool you off on a hot summer day!

I first had this recipe about 20 years ago. My friend Jennifer made it for me and my friend Cathy. It was summertime and I was visiting my friend Cathy at her home in Greenwich. The recipe was so simple and quickly became one of my summertime favorites. You can make it was linguine or angel hair pasta, which I believe is how we ate it, but I used Gremeli as it is an easier shape for the kids to manage.


Ingredients:
Tomatoes, large, vine ripened (others will work well too) 1 per person
1 small handful of thyme
1 heaping handful of fresh basil leaves
2 - 4 cloves of garlic (depending on your taste)
Lawry's Seasoned Salt OR -- 2 good shakes
Jane's Crazy Mixed up Salt
Olive Oil, approx 1/8th of a cup, plus more to drizzle
Sea Salt, to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to taste
Freshly shaved or shredded Parmesan cheese, for serving
Directions:
1. In a medium or large sauce pan bring water to boil
2.While water is boiling score the bottom of each tomato with an X
3.Place in boiling water for NO MORE than 1 minute. This is called blanching. You want to remove the skin but not cook the tomato. You will see the skin start to peel off. Remove and place on a cool surface and repeat until all tomatoes have been blanched.
4. Once tomatoes have cooled, peel skin. Should peel easily using just your fingers.

(See picture below of tomatoes as soon as they come out of the hot water.)

5. After you peel the tomatoes into bite sized bits, discard the seeds and toss the chopped tomatoes into a medium sized bowl, then with your hands give the tomatoes a squeeze, breaking the bits up further. Set aside.
6. Chop up garlic, basil and thyme





and add all three ingredients to the tomatoes.
8. Mix well, add olive oil, seasonings and set aside to marinate for at least 2 hours.
9. Just prior to serving cook your pasta per directions on package. Drain and rinse under cool water to bring to room temperature. Drain pasta of all excess water.
10. In a large bowl add pasta, drizzle with about a tablespoon of olive oil and mix well.
11. Using a slatted spoon remove all tomatoes and set aside.
12. Add juices and mix well and taste... adjust seasonings as desired
Don't worry about it being too "soupy" the cheese will absorb some of the moisture or serve with a nice crusty baguette and use the bread to sop up all the good stuff!

14 comments:

liz said...

YUM! If a dish includes pasta, tomatoes, basil, or some combination, you can sign me up. :)

Valerie @ Inner Child Fun said...

Oh wow, that looks sooooo delicious! Can't wait to try this! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!!

Unknown said...

That looks so amazingly appetizing. I think I'll just have to run off and make that right away! Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks so much for sharing, looks wonderful!

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