Ginned Tomato Sauce brings together the woodsy-herbal elements of dry gin with the sweetness of fresh tomatoes. Relatively quick and easy to make, Ginned Tomato Sauce imbues the tomato sauce with the gin’s flavor elements, yielding a surprisingly tasty yet simple sauce. Ginned Tomato Sauce is best served with a long form pasta like fettuccine, linguine, spaghetti or angel hair but go with your favorite. Begin with a starter of Grilled Asparagus, pair this lively, different sauce with a crisp, dry white wine and offer grated Parmesan and Romano cheeses at the table.
Prepare sophisticated Ginned Tomato Sauce at your house and enjoy a dry martini while you’re cooking it, shaken or stirred is up to you.
Prep Time: 15 minutes, Total Time: 45 minutes. Serves 4.
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Ingredients:
- 3 Tbs Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 1 small Onion, finely chopped, approximately ½ cup
- ¼ tsp Crushed Red Pepper flakes
- ¼ tsp coarse Sea Salt
- 2 Tbs Juniper Berries
- 1/3 Cup + 2 Tbs Dry Gin, at room temperature
- 6 large Roma Tomatoes, chopped
Preparation:
- Combine the extra virgin olive oil and onion in a 2-quart saucepan and sauté uncovered over a medium heat until the onion becomes transparent.
- Add crushed red pepper flakes and sea salt to the saucepan and continue to sauté uncovered for two minutes.
- Add the 1/3 cup gin and juniper berries to the saucepan and raise temperature to medium-high heat. Cook uncovered to reduce the liquid down by half its volume.
- Add the tomatoes to the saucepan, stir to mix the ingredients and reduce the heat to low. Cover and simmer the ingredients together until the tomatoes cook down and form a sauce.
- Remove the sauce from the heat; remove and discard the juniper berries.
- Add the remaining two tablespoons of gin to the sauce and stir.
- Spoon Ginned Tomato Sauce over pasta and serve with grated Parmesan and Romano cheeses.
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