Stormy Tom Sauce
The wind was picking up, the rain was coming down in sheets. Gray and black clouds were above us settled in for the evening. There was no chance I was going to make it to the grocery store, enter improvisation cooking:
Stormy Tom Sauce – Printable Version
(Encore presentation performed by Rory and Ryder Mack. Stage hand, Cody Mack)
1 large onion, diced1/4 c. olive oil
1 package hot or mild ground sausage
3 heads (you read that right) roasted garlic
1 jar tomato sauce
1 can or 1 cup of fresh diced tomatoes
1 cup sun dried tomatoes (optional, but totally worth the effort)
1 t. red pepper flakes
1/2-1 t salt
1 tbsp Italian seasoning or hand full of fresh basil and oregano
1-2 cups of water
1 Dutch oven
For homemade sun dried tomatoes and roasted garlic: slice 6-9 Roma tomatoes. Place on cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt. Cut tips of three heads of garlic. Put each into a bit of aluminum foil to make a pocket, drizzle with olive oil before closing pocket. Place in muffin tins.
Put both tomatoes and garlic in oven at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes.
In the meantime, gather more fresh tomatoes for 1 cup diced. Pick oregano and basil. Get distracted by other things outside to kill time waiting on items in the oven. Swing in the hammock, chase the dog, water the garden, etc.
Belly-up to the counter and begin prep:
Dice 1 large onion. Heat olive oil on medium high heat. Saute onion and then add sausage. Brown.
While meat is browning: dice herbs, scrape sun dried toms off of cookie sheet (eat a few, I dare you to resist), squish garlic cloves out of garlic head. Set herbs, sun dried toms, garlic, salt, and red pepper flakes in a small dish.
Dice 1 cup of toms. Open 1 can/jar of tom sauce.
Line up the diced toms, can/jar of tom, herb dish, and 1-2 cups of water.
Add all in to the sauteed onion and sausage. Stir.
Cover and bring to boil. Then put in 350 degree oven 45 minutes to 1 hour or until it looks reduced by half.
Add to your favorite pasta and enjoy!
5 Replies to “Stormy Tom Sauce”
Looks yummy! The preparation with the 3 chefs was the best part of the post though. It looked like a well produced cooking show for the children’s food network! Beautiful!
They will never forget this type of learning 🙂
I want some! 😛
We have leftovers! You might have to fight Chris for them though 🙂
Looks great to me, and of course they will eat it because they made it!
Just made this last night – in typical me-fashion forgot to note the “Then put in 350 degree oven 45 minutes to 1 hour or until it looks reduced by half.” part of the instructions. However, it was still delightful!
One of those “I’ll have seconds even though I can’t possibly eat one more bite” kind of meals. And now I’m wondering if hubby would be willing to eat it again next week, because I would eat it that soon!
Thanks for the great finger-licking good recipe, Charity!