Cold Sauce
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Author Notes: This is an old family recipe. Always looked forward to the summer months when basil grew like crazy. This sauce is not cooked and served cold over hot spaghetti, don't know why but spaghetti seems to be the best pasta with this sauce. This sauce should be made at least 1 day in advance so flavors can better marry together. I recently found this sauce also makes a wonderful pizza sauce. Wonderful home cooked dish for a quick supper, served with a salad, after a hard days work or play. Please enjoy. - Roxanne DeRosa - Roxanne DeRosa
Food52 Review: Almost as easy as opening a jar of premade sauce, but much more delicious and versatile. I used a 750 ml box of Pomi crushed tomatoes and cut the rest of the ingredients to 1/3 (1 cup basil, 2 cloves garlic, 2 TB olive oil), and that seemed about right. For the garlic; I smashed 2 cloves and let them sit in the sauce overnight, then fished them out the next day -- this gave the sauce a garlic essence without overpowering it. However, raw garlic lovers could just mince up the cloves and keep them in the sauce. It certainly was nice to put everything together the night before and not heat up the kitchen. - drbabs
Serves 4
- 1 #10 can crushed tomatoes
- 3 cups packed fresh basil
- 7 cloves garlic or more
- 1/3 cup extra vigin olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 pound spaghetti
- Use a food processor to finely chop basil or it can be done by hand. In a large bowl empty the canned tomatoes, basil, garlic, salt and pepper. Mix these ingredients together and refrigerate over night. When you're ready to use, remove from the refrigerator and add oil, stir well. In the meantime, cook the pasta al dente, drain and add the sauce. The hot pasta will warm the cold sauce. No cheese please...it's not needed. This recipe makes enough to make 2 complete dinners, or keep remaining sauce in the fridge for your pizza's.
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- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe Using Fresh Basil
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about 1 month ago Trena
So simple, yet so delicious. I especially like it when I can use Genovese basil from my garden.
7 months ago SebCooksFortLaud
WOAH! This is amazing! This will definitely become part of my repertoire. In Florida I am always looking for ways to cook but not be stuck in the kitchen! :) Soooo easy!!!
over 1 year ago yulia katkova
Done it!
Awesome dish!
almost 2 years ago Krootie
This was a regular "cold" side dish on the salad bars of Elby's back in the 1970 - 90s. Always put it on my plate. Can't wait to make some.
almost 2 years ago carlbezanson
What is "#10 can crushed tomatoes"? A 28 ounce can?
7 months ago darksideofthespoon
I know this is very late, but #10 can fill a gallon. I'm making this recipe right now with a 28oz can and will probably use 1/3 of the garlic, olive oil, and basil.
almost 3 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Also had this for lunch today as a sauce for dymnyno's zuccaghetti--it was really good!
almost 3 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I made this over the weekend--as I was getting the ingredients together, I realized that a #10 can of crushed tomatoes contains 12 cups (!). So I used a 750 ml box of Pomi crushed tomatoes and cut the rest of the ingredients to 1/3 (1 cup basil, 2 cloves garlic, 2 TB olive oil), and that seemed about right. I also started with 1/2 tsp. salt and 6 turns of freshly ground black pepper for the overnight refrigeration. Roxanne doesn't tell us what to do with the garlic; I smashed 2 cloves and let them sit in the sauce overnight, then fished them out the next day. This gave the sauce a garlic essence without overpowering it. However, raw garlic lovers (not me) could just mince up the cloves and keep them in the sauce. I found that the oil blended in better if I let the sauce come to room temperature first. Roxanne recommends pouring it cold over hot spaghetti. I thought that it cooled off the pasta too much, even at room temperature. It benefitted from being warmed slightly. The sauce certainly comes together easily and is a good base for whatever you like in a pasta (or pizza) sauce. The variations are endless--saute some onion in the oil before mixing it into the sauce; some chopped oregano and parsley from the garden; add some red pepper flakes and/or some minced anchovies; stir in a little ricotta cheese. In this hot weather, it was nice to have prepared sauce the night before and not have to heat up the kitchen.
almost 3 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
Do you leave the garlic cloves whole? Chop them? Slice them?
almost 3 years ago The Internet Cooking Princess
Never heard sauce prepared this way, but it totally makes sense. Would be great for a dinner al fresco!
almost 3 years ago AntoniaJames
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Sounds great! Have never thought to do this, but it makes great sense. And it's perfect for the hot weather. Yummmmm. ;o)