so in the winter it's hard to find good tomatoes. no, it's impossible because they're not in season. but canned tomatoes are a good replacement. i found a nice company that's from western illinois that cans their tomatoes in season and has a nice happy old school italian clown on the front.
that story is necessary because today we're making pasta sauce!
1 lrg can of tomatoes (3 fresh tomatoes, pureed, only if you're in california)
1/4 cup sour cream
1/4 chicken stock
dash of nutmeg
1/16 of a cup of white wine (a little like than 1/4 - eyeball it)
2 cloves of garlic, minced
1 onion, minced
2 tbs olive oil
2 big pinches of sugar
salt and pepper to taste
in a sauce pan heat up olive oil. add garlic and onion. sautee until onion is wilted but before garlic gets too brown.
add everything but the nutmeg, sugar, salt and pepper. make sure to whisk in the sour cream since it's thick. you don't want sour cream chunks...
on a low heat, simmer that for a while.
taste it. is it too salty or bitter? add sugar until it tastes right, one pinch at a time
too sweet now? add more wine.
salt and pepper it at the end and let it simmer until it's served.
serve it with curly pasta to catch all the goodness it's their ridges.
this sauce can be frozen too. so you can make a lot and have it when you need it!
love,
keighty
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oh good, somebody wrote a blog entry! for a while i was beginning to think that i had jumped on this return-of-xanga bandwagon a bit too late. i decided to comment on your pasta sauce entry to tell you that i made an italian fig cookie variation for christmas. they were good.
ReplyDeletelately i've been addicted to cooking everything en papillote, because it makes me feel like i'm camping. and it's easy. throw a bunch of good ol' root veg in a pouch, maybe some cheap meat depending on how soon rent is due, and chuck it in the oven. it also makes me happy to think that there's a fancy french term for how cowboys and boy scouts cook dinner.
the french know how to be fancy all the time. even while camping. oh and please let me know when you want to be a guest writer and share your genius with the rest of us!
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