Tomatoes roasted in the oven are amazing. Add sugar and basil and it becomes wonderful. I love this with meatballs and pasta.
Oven Roasted Tomato Sauce
Author: Chef Brad
Ingredients
- 12 roma tomatoes cut in half length ways
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons sea salt
- 2 teaspoons pepper
- ¼ teaspoon anise seed
- 12 cloves garlic
- ¼ onion chopped fine
- ⅓ cup fresh basil chopped fine
- ⅓ cup olive oil
Instructions
- Place sugar, salt, and pepper in a gallon size zip lock bag.
- Place tomatoes in bag and shake to coat with mixture then poor in oven safe pan.
- Then Saute' garlic and onion in oil until tender, add basil and saute' for a moment.
- Poor over tomatoes and place in 400 degree oven until tomatoes appear crispy around the edges.
- After tomatoes are cooked remove from pan with juice, cool and place in blender and blend.