Have one or both!
Red Sauce
Ingredients:
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 cup chopped fresh herbs (any combination, basil oregano thyme are my favorites)
2 cloves pounded garlic
one or two cans of chopped italian tomatoes
1 T. sugar or to taste
salt, pepper, cajun spice, crushed red pepper and parmesean cheese to taste
Directions:
stir fry galic and olive oil lightly, toss in your herbs and stir once to coat. Let sizzle a few seconds. throw in your tomatoes, stir, add spices and turn off heat when heated through. Toss with cooked pasta adding sauce to the pasta a little at a time. I do individual servings some throwing in extra red pepper and some with parmesean cheese.
Basil Sauce
Ingredients:
1 cup of fresh basil or combination of basil and oregano or basil and thyme (especially good)
1/4 cup olive oil or more to taste.
1/4 t. salt
1 clove garlic
Directions:
Whirl ingredients in food processor and freeze.
For Spagetti noodles: Take cooked noodles, drained well. Put 1T. olive oil in pan and heat throw in the basil and garlic puree. toss the noodles until coated. turn off heat. sprinke with parmesean cheese (fresh grated) add fresh ground black pepper and red crushed pepper if desired. For a nice twist add cajun spice to the dish! For using with bread. Thaw the mixture and add chopped tomatoes. For making pesto thaw the basil mixture adding chopped almonds or pine nuts and some sun dried tomatoes in the food processor.
Idea: Use for pizza, pasta or bread. You can make the basil sauce and freeze in 2T. amounts in freezer containers or bags. When you get ready to make pesto, or stir fry spagetti noodles or anything else you want to flavor with basil.
Wonderful and fresh!
Julie Hughes Recipes 