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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Clean, deseed, and chop Tomatoes and set aside. | 2. Peel, crush and finely chop garlic. | 3. Chop the fresh basil. | 4. In a large pan, over medium heat add the olive oil, garlic and red pepper flakes. | 5. Saute the mixture until the garlic and pepper flakes have softened. | 6. Do not overcook this mixture or it will make the remaining ingredients too bitter. | 7. Add the tomatoes and salt to the pan and let the tomatoes break down to create "juice". | 8. At this time, lower the temperature to medium-low, simmering uncovered for 30 minutes. | 9. Remove from heat and stir in the freshly chopped basil. | 10. Remove sauce mixture from pan and run through a food processor until smooth. | 11. Options: | 12. For Gnocchi, add 1/4 cup of heavy cream to sauce and heat gently to desired serving temperature. | 13. For Pizza Sauce, place sauce from food processor into 13 x 9 cake pan and bake for 2 hours in a 300 degree oven. | 14. This will remove the excess moisture from the sauce and thicken it to pizza sauce consistency. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
extra virgin olive oil	1/3	cup		806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
garlic	3	cloves		13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon		806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
rom tomato	2	lbs		806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
basil leaf	15			806.9352	0.0	179.5204	4.5333

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