Cook like an Italian, speak like an American.
Nothin' says Italy like extraordinary tomatoes.
As August winds down and we welcome in a new season next month, I have to say there are so many things about the summer I will miss terribly...long dresses, big sunglasses, drives to the beach, the time off...and the eating. What a generous season summer is, eh? Blackberries and raspberries and peaches and apricots...not to mention the tomatoes (the Italian ones are world famous for a reason.)
So yesterday my tuttofare (does-it-all) husband did what I would guess many Italians are doing around this time--he made a canned tomato sauce for the rest of the year. The American in me used to wonder why we don't just buy it from the store during the months when tomatoes aren't available. I'm happily Italianized in this area and others now.
Enjoy! And let us know if you make some of your own!
Nothin' says Italy like extraordinary tomatoes.
As August winds down and we welcome in a new season next month, I have to say there are so many things about the summer I will miss terribly...long dresses, big sunglasses, drives to the beach, the time off...and the eating. What a generous season summer is, eh? Blackberries and raspberries and peaches and apricots...not to mention the tomatoes (the Italian ones are world famous for a reason.)
So yesterday my tuttofare (does-it-all) husband did what I would guess many Italians are doing around this time--he made a canned tomato sauce for the rest of the year. The American in me used to wonder why we don't just buy it from the store during the months when tomatoes aren't available. I'm happily Italianized in this area and others now.
Enjoy! And let us know if you make some of your own!
You'll need a big tub/container filled with water. Soak 30-40 or however many tomatoes you want in cool water for a couple of hours. |
boil some jar lids to sterilize them |
and some empty recycled jars as well |
bring water to a boil in a huge pot |
throw some basil leaves in with your soaking tomatoes |
then transfer tomatoes into boiling water |
remove lids |
and jars from hot water |
boil tomatoes until they start to split--like this |
then manually remove all of the seeds |
puree with a hand mixer |
repeat steps until you've pureed all of the tomatoes |
then ladle the tomato sauce into your jars and add a couple of basil leaves |
yum. |
Flavi saved a bit of sauce for yesterday's lunch |
Mmmmm...che buono! |
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