This week in the kitchen I attempted to make my own tomato sauce for my signature chicken parmesan. I decided not to follow a recipe because to forever feel like nothing can be that hard. Considering I’ve seen approximately two TikTok videos about making sauce I thought “how hard can it be” and went for it with the confidence of professional chef.
Ingredients
3 large tomatoes on the vine (I chose these because they were on sale at Ralph’s. So, feel free to get creative when picking your tomatoes.)
1 bulb of garlic
1 white onion (Again, chosen because it was on sale)
Olive oil
Garlic Salt
Black Pepper
I started off by grilling the tomatoes over the stove. Setting them over low heat on the gas burners turning them every few seconds until getting a decent char on the skin.
Next, pre-heat the oven to 425.
Put the whole tomatoes and the roughly cut-up onion on a large piece of tin foil with the edges turned up to create a sort of bowl. After covering the veggies with an ample amount of olive oil, garlic salt, and black pepper I set them on a baking sheet and prepared the garlic.
Cut the top off the garlic, peel off the lose shell and place on tin foil. Cover the garlic in an ample amount of olive oil and close the top of the tin foil until it looks like a huge chocolate kiss. Place next to the tomatoes and put the baking sheet in the oven at 425 degrees for 45 minutes.
After 45 minutes take the vegetables out of the oven and put the tomatoes and onion in a blender with a tablespoon of butter. Squeeze the garlic from the shell into the blender. I recommend using tongs to squeeze the garlic because it will be really hot and the tongs allow you to put pressure on both side of the bulb.
Blend and enjoy!
Notes… the “sauce” was definitely closer to tomato soup than sauce. It tasted great over the panko crusted chicken and pasta but next time I plan to eat it with a grilled cheese. I’ll let you know how it is as a soup when I make it next.
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