Garden Tomato Sauce over Pasta

(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living

Categories: Pasta- Pasta Sauce- Pizza

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, diced (about 1 cup)
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 4 medium-size heirloom tomatoes (about 2 lb.), cored and chopped
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4 cup dry red wine
  • 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh oregano or marjoram
  • Hot cooked pasta
  • Garnish: fresh oregano leaves

Directions

  1. Saute onion in hot oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat 3 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; saute 1 minute. Add tomatoes, kosher salt, and freshly ground pepper to taste.
  2. cook, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes or until tomatoes start to release their juices. Add wine, and cook, stirring occasionally, 5 to 8 minutes or until almost all liquid has evaporated. Remove from heat, and stir in oregano. Serve sauce over hot cooked pasta. Store sauce in an airtight container in refrigerator up to 1 week, or freeze up to 1 month.

  3. makes 3 cups

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