SILVER PALATE PASTA SAUCE RAPHAEL

Pasta Sauce Raphael

• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hour 30 mins
• Total Time: 2 hours
• Yield: 6-8 servings

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DESCRIPTION

If using canned tomatoes, skip steps 1-4.

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INGREDIENTS

• 4 pounds ripe fresh tomatoes (or if using canned – 6 cups of whole tomatoes)
• ½ cup good quality extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cups roughly chopped onion
• 3 tablespoons minced garlic
• ¼ cup dried basil
• ½ tablespoon dried oregano
• ½ cup fresh Italian parsley, chopped
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 tablespoon coarsely ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 6-ounce jars marinated artichokes (reserve marinade)
• ¼ cup freshly grated Romano cheese plus more for serving
• 1 pound Cellentani, or your favorite pasta

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INSTRUCTIONS

1. If using fresh garden tomatoes, bring a large pot of water to a boil. Then remove core and cut an X into the opposite end of each tomato. Have an ice bath standing by. When the water boils place half the tomatoes in the water and leave in just until the skins start to peel back (less than a minute). With a spider or strainer, remove to ice bath and place second half of tomatoes into water and repeat process.
2. Have a bowl with a strainer on your counter and another bowl next to it.
3. Remove tomatoes from ice bath to a platter and one at a time, remove skin and place skin in strainer over the bowl. Then cut tomato in half horizontally and scoop seeds out into strainer. Take the tomato meat and place in the second bowl. Repeat for all tomatoes.
4. Once done, press the skin and seeds in the strainer and let the squeezed juice fall into the bowl below. Discard the seeds and skin and add the juice to the bowl with the tomato meat. This should be about six cups.
5. In a medium to large pot, add olive oil, onions, garlic, basil, oregano, parsley and pepper flakes and bring up to medium heat. Sauté this mixture for five minutes on medium heat.
6. Add crushed black pepper, salt and tomatoes and bring to a medium simmer. Simmer uncovered for one hour stirring occasionally.
7. Bring a pot of water to a boil while working on next step.
8. After the hour, add the marinade from the artichokes to the sauce but not the artichokes themselves yet. Cook 15 minutes more at a slow simmer, stirring occasionally.
9. Add pasta to pot of boiling water while preparing next step.
10. Add the artichokes to sauce and cook for another 10 minutes.
11. Drain pasta.
12. Add Romano cheese to sauce. Add cooked pasta to sauce and cook for just a few minutes to meld flavors. Alternatively, you could serve the sauce separate from the pasta or just ladle the sauce over each portion of pasta.
13. Serve with additional Romano cheese.

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