Raw tomatoes in the pot
July 1, 2009
There are many ways to make a tomato sauce.
Here is the first, and the most simple, with raw summer tomatoes
- fresh tomatoes
- boiled water
- glass pots
Wash the tomatoes and put them in the boiled water for 3-5 minutes.
After that take the tomatoes away from te water and skin them.
Cut the tomatoes in medium pieces, and put them in the pots, and press them a little with hand. At the end, if the read tomatoes water is more than 3 spoons on top, take it out. Add a basil leaf.
After that you can corck the pots and put them in a large saucepan, and let them boil in the water for about 10 minutes. Leave the pots inside water until it become cool.
This is a good way to have a raw tomato all year, and it is an excellent way to prepare a light (cooked) tomato sauce for pasta or meat, or pappa al pomodoro…
(to be continued)
Today, on my terrace
July 1, 2009
Here is the best “pomodoro” tomato all over the world!
The plant is on my terrace, my father gave me the plant a month ago, very small and green; then I saw the small yellow flowers, and now… my first organic tomato!
In the photo there is a basil plant from Sicily, green and parfumed.
My tomatoes are the small quality, we call it “pomodorini” and are very delicious, more than a standard size tomato; this kind of “pomodorini” is good to prepare salads and appetizers, but since they’re tasty I use them also with pasta, fried eggs (uova e pomodoro), panini…
The other tomatoes, bigger than these, are good for the “pomarola“, our tomato sauce, the basic sauce to start to cook a good chicken with sauce, or “chicken alla cacciatora” (with olives, rosmary, onions…), or “ossibuchi al sugo” (ossibuchi with tomatoes sauce), etc.
There are lots of things you can do with tomatoes-pomodori and basil, from a simply sauce for pasta, to a special soup for summer, or a recipe for the long winter… Do you know the pappa al pomodoro, and the pasta with basil pesto? Be inspired by my recipes here!