Leafy Tomato Sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 5 pounds fresh tomatoes, halved
- Salt
- 10 to 15 tomato leaves from unsprayed plants
- Cooked pasta for serving
- In a large pot, heat olive oil on medium heat, add onion and garlic, and cook until soft, about 10 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, turn heat to high and bring to a boil, stirring and mashing to break up tomatoes.
- Turn heat down and simmer, uncovered, until mixture has thickened, about an hour.
- Pass mixture through a food mill or coarse strainer to remove skins and seeds.
- Return sauce to pot and season with salt to taste.
- Ten minutes before serving, heat to a simmer and stir whole tomato leaves into sauce.
- Ladle sauce onto cooked pasta; let leaves stay behind in pot.
olive oil, onion, garlic, fresh tomatoes, salt, tomato
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012705 (may not work)