Yellow Tomato Pasta Sauce

jennifer in new jersey's Note:

This pasta sauce is sweet and simple. Very delicious and easy to make; especially if you are limited on time. You can cook it for just ten minutes or let it simmer for an hour. The longer it cooks; the better it tastes. Very few ingredients also make this a winner. Recipe can easily be doubled and frozen for later too. Ingredient amounts should be adjusted to your preferences.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 5 ripe yellow tomatoes
• 1/4 cup light olive oil
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 4 leaves fresh basil
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar

Directions:

1. heat olive oil and all spices and basil in saute pan.
2. cut up tomatoes; any size is fine.
3. simmer on low for an hour.
4. tomatoes will start to break down.
5. stir and press them while they cook.
6. Cook for about ten minutes if you are pressed for time or an hour for full flavor.
7. pour or toss over pasta.
8. top with good quality shaved italian cheese.

Reviews

[Jezski]

OK, OK, I almost couldn't get past the color either! But the sauce IS very good; the crushed red pepper flakes make it, in my opinion. Since the yellow color over whole wheat pasta kinda freaked me out, I used it to make Eggplant Parmesan. Would you believe it was simply delicious! I sprinkled it with lots of cheese and parsley, and no-one realized the sauce was yellow! It WAS sort of monochromatic though (I had white eggplant!) I did add chopped onion and used dried basil. Jennifer, thanks for posting.

[905525]

Wow! I never thought this would taste as good as it did. My husband grew quite a few in the garden so I had to do something with them. The yellow tomatoes alone, to me, where a little mealy. But making the sauce was great. I also added a little dried Italian seasoning and omitted the red pepper flakes. I made three batches and froze two; now I can't wait for cold weather to thawn them out and once again enjoy this treat! Phyllis

[Chef #877515]

This was just amazing! It has to be one of my most favourite sauces that I have made. It left me so much more refreshed than the traditional red tomato sauces. This is going to become a regular in my cookbook.