Cuisine: Greek, Italian

Serves: 4 – 6
Cooking time: 45 min
You will need: a skillet or sauce pan

Ingredients

• 1/2 a wine glass (1/4 of a cup) olive oil
• 1 Kg (2 Lbs) x ripe tomatoes diced
• 3-4 cloves of garlic, diced
• 1 Tsp dry oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Dice the tomatoes.
• Heat the olive oil in a flat pan and add the tomatoes, a little salt, pepper, oregano and the garlic.
• Let it simmer in low fire for approx. 45 minutes or until the liquid is gone and the puree is thick.
• Stir, once in a while.
• Remove from heat, put into a serving dish, make a little dent in the middle of the dish and pour a little more of the olive oil in the dent (don’t mix it in!).

Notes on Fresh Tomato Sauce for Pasta or Dip

• Stored in a jar, it will keep in the refrigerator for about 1 week.
• You can freely use it as a tomato sauce on pasta.