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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Open the can of tomatoes. | 2. Do not drain, but dump the whole thing in a non-metallic bowl. | 3. Stir in the balsamic vinegar, black pepper, basil, and salt if you really think you need it. | 4. Most canned tomatoes have enough salt for this, and if you're using no-salt tomatoes, its probably because you're not SUPPOSED to have the salt. | 5. So drop the salt shaker, buddy. | 6. Let the tomatoes, et al, stand about 10 minutes. | 7. Sauté garlic in olive oil until translucent. | 8. Do not brown. | 9. Remove skillet from the burner, leaving garlic and oil in pan. | 10. Set aside. | 11. If you haven't already, put on a pot of water to boil for the pasta. | 12. A big pot, so it has lots of elbow room. | 13. People should stick together, not pasta. | 14. Hmmm, that should be a commercial. | 15. Drain the tomatoes, catching the juice in the skillet with the sauteed garlic. | 16. Bring this to a boil and then simmer until the liquid is reduced by about 1/3. | 17. It needs to do this in order to concentrate the flavors a bit. | 18. While the liquid is reducing, drop the pasta into the boiling water, and cook according to package directions, just until al dente. | 19. When the pasta is done, drain and keep hot if the sauce is not done yet. | 20. Once the liquid has reduced enough, add the tomatoes, and heat briefly. | 21. You want them to get HOT, not MUSHY. | 22. Pour all this over the hot pasta and toss. | 23. Serve immediately, nice and hot, passing parmesan to let everyone top their own. | 24. This goes nicely with my Green Bean Compromise and a tossed salad with my Extremely Bad Breath Garlic& Green Olive Dressing, but serve what you like. | 25. I won't mind. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
garlic	2	cloves	minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
tomato	1	can	diced	40.2099	8.6898	1.9658	0.4468
balsamic vinegar	3	tablespoons		42.24	8.1744	0.2352	0.0
salt				-	-	-	-
black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
basil	2	tablespoons	crushed dried	1.219	0.1404	0.16699999999999998	0.0339
angel hair pasta	1		uncooked	25.2167	0.0	5.61	0.1417
parmesan cheese				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.