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Title: Pasta Alla Checca (Pasta with Steeped Tomato Sauce)
Categories: Pasta Vegetable
Yield: 1 Servings
1 | lb | Ripe plum tomatoes |
1/8 | c | Capers |
1/2 | c | Kalamata olives, pitted and halved |
20 | Fresh basil leaves, torn into small pieces | |
1/4 | c | Best olive oil |
Freshly milled black pepper | ||
1 | Garlic clove, minced | |
5 | oz | Shell pasta |
1) Seed and chop the tomatoes. 2) Place tomatoes, capers, olives, basil, 2 T olive oil, liberal grindings of black pepper, and the garlic into a ceramic bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and place in the sun for 2-3 hours (or room temperature for 3-4 hours). 3) Add the remaining olive oil to the cooked pasta, mix, add sauce, mix again, and mangia!
Serves one.
Boun Appetito!
Edward
eesnyder@uiuc.edu
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