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Recipe Tuesday – Shells with Fresh Tomatoes and Basil

7th September, 2010 - Posted by katherine - No Comments

This is a quick, easy recipe that I made last week, and best of all, the fresh ingredients all came from my garden.  I love this dish -it’s so easy and simply to make.

Ingredients:

1 16 oz bag of pasta (I used mini shells this time and like how they trapped the sauce)

12-15 roma tomatoes, peeled, de-seeded, and diced (the peeling part is tricky – I use a vegetable peeler and then once Ive finished that, I cut the tomatoes in a few slices and squeeze the seeds out)

1-2 tablespoons garlic

3/4 cup of olive oil

12-20 basil leaves, diced

Directions:

All you do is place the peeled, de-seeded tomatoes in a bowl, cover with the olive oil, mix in the garlic and basil, and let sit for 30 minutes in the fridge. I also added 1 cayenne pepper that I sliced down the middle and de-seeded, and 3 small onions from the garden, which I put in whole.

After the sauce had marinated, I removed the onion and pepper.  Cook the pasta according to the directions, and pour the olive-tomato sauce over the pasta, and top with Parmesan. It’s very easy, and great because you can use ingredients that are simply to grown in your garden!