Chef Raymond insists that this sauce be made only with full-flavored ripe tomatoes at their peak. Roasting in the oven gives the sauce delicious intensity. This sauce is also good to freeze or can.
Ingredients
- 4 pounds (about 4 large or 6 medium) very ripe tomatoes
- 1/3 cup Partanna Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 3 large cloves garlic, chopped fine
- Sea salt and black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons Italian flat leaf parsley, chopped
- 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
Preheat oven to 450-475 degrees. Immerse tomatoes in a pan of boiling water for 10 seconds. Remove with slotted spoon, then peel away skin. Cut tomatoes in half, remove core, and squeeze seeds Strain to remove rest of seeds, reserving tomato juice. Chop tomatoes roughly.
Pour olive oil in large ovenproof, nonreactive saute pan or wide saucepan, and add chopped garlic, tomatoes and tomato juice. Place in oven, partly covered, and roast for one-half hour. Check to see if the texture of the sauce is dense enough. If not, roast another 15 minutes or so. Sauce should be chunky, thick and emulsified from the olive oil. Remove from oven, season with salt and pepper to taste. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, and then add herbs.