Olive-Oil-Poached Cherry Tomato Sauce

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Chef Mike Isabella volition beryllium serving this condiment with hand-cut spaghetti and caller basil astatine Graffiato, his caller edifice adjacent Verizon Center.

A glimpse astatine the constituent database mightiness origin you to think: That's a batch of ail and shallots. The cook says they spirit the sauce, which ends up being rich-tasting and astir sweet. But the ail tin beryllium reduced to 1/2 cupful if you prefer.

The cook recommends utilizing 1/2 cupful of condiment for each serving of pasta. The condiment tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 3 days oregon frozen for up to 3 months.

From cook Mike Isabella of Graffiato successful Northwest Washington.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 5 cups

1 cupful olive oil
4 ounces shallots, shaved oregon chopped into precise bladed slices (1 cup)
Cloves from 1 oregon 2 heads garlic, shaved oregon chopped into precise bladed slices (1 cup; spot headnote)
4 cups (17 ounces) full stemmed cherry tomatoes (do not usage grape tomatoes; they mightiness not beryllium juicy enough)
2 cups canned plum tomatoes, crushed
8 stems basil
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
Crushed reddish capsicum flakes

Nutritional Facts

Per 1/2-cup serving

Calories
230
Fat
23 g
Saturated Fat
3 g
Carbohydrates
8 g
Sodium
135 mg
Protein
1 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cook Mike Isabella of Graffiato successful Northwest Washington.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published June 21, 2011

Updated March 13, 2026