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fresh cherry tomato sauce

(1 rating)
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Recipe by
Michelle Wolf
@3keylimes
Berlin, NJ

I make this quick and easy sauce at least twice a week. It is made in ten minutes and goes well on everything! Pasta, Chicken, Fish..even steak.

(1 rating)
yield 6 -8
prep time 5 Min
cook time 10 Min

Ingredients For fresh cherry tomato sauce

  • 2 pt
    cherry or grape tomatoes
  • 1/2 c
    chopped olives. (your favorite)
  • 2 Tbsp
    capers (drained)
  • 3 clove
    chopped garlic
  • small handful of torn basil leaves
  • 1/4 c
    olive oil (seems like alot, but is needed to make the sauce)

How To Make fresh cherry tomato sauce

  • 1
    In a 2 Qt sauce pan, heat Olive Oil. Add garlic and saute until just golden.
  • 2
    Add in olives and capers and saute until capers pop a bit. Add cherry tomatoes and cook on medium heat until tomatoes burst and juices distrubute throughout the sauce.
  • 3
    Finish with torn Basil. Top pasta, chicken, fish, steak..your preference! This sauce is very versatile and needs little to no salt due to the saltiness of the Olives and Capers.
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