Pasta Salad With Fresh Tomato And Basil Sauce

• dried pasta (rigatoni shells or wheels)
• salt and pepper
• 8 to 10 fresh tomatoes
• 1/2 c. olive oil
• 8 to 10 cloves garlic
• dried basil and oregano
• fresh basil
• dried or fresh green peppers (2)
• 1 hot pepper
• Romano cheese, freshly grated
• pine nuts (optional)

1. Cook pasta and drain.
2. In the meantime, cut up fresh tomatoes into eighths and saute garlic in olive oil.
3. Add tomatoes to olive oil and garlic.
4. Add dried spices, herbs and hot pepper.
5. Add green peppers and fresh basil.
6. Cook on low for about 15 minutes, stirring often.
7. Put cooked pasta in bowl; coat with olive oil and add hot pasta sauce, removing hot pepper first.
8. Serve at once and top with freshly grated Romano cheese.
9. If you add pine nuts, add them to pasta sauce at the last minute.

pasta, salt, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, basil, fresh basil, fresh green peppers, hot pepper, romano cheese, nuts

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=302683 (may not work)