Recipe - Basic Southern Tomato Sauce

35 ounce Drained canned plum tomatoes
1 Garlic clove
3 tablespoon Olive oil
1 tablespoon Chopped parsley
Salt

This is a typical southern Italian sauce. If you like it spicier, add
peperoncino (red pepper flakes).

COARSELY CHOP THE TOMATOES on a plate, saving the liquid they release.
Halve the garlic clove. Heat the olive oil in a broad saute pan and simmer
the garlic in it until lightly golden, then press the pieces against the
pan and remove them. Raise heat to mediumhigh and add the chopped tomatoes
and their juices from the plate. Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10
minutes, until the sauce is lightly thickened. Add the chopped parsley and
One fourth teaspoon salt, stir all together once, then remove the sauce from the
heat. Makes 2 One half Cups
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V4 #269 by "John Weber" hdbrer@ibm.net on Oct
14, 97