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Article: KITCHENDETECTIVE: The tomatoes will make the sauce; It's best to not go overboard on heavy cream, also
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- Charleston Daily Mail
- Article date:
- August 28, 2002
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Nothing sounds simpler than a quick fresh tomato sauce with cream.
What could go wrong?
Well, for one, the tomatoes might be flavorless, the skins can
quickly become unappetizing when cooked, garlic can be an odd partner
with cream, and tomato seeds floating in sauce are not ideal.
Of course, a heavy hand with the butter or cream can turn a fresh
summer supper into a heavy, tasteless mess.
The first issue was the tomatoes. Do not make this recipe with
anything but truly flavorful local tomatoes. Next, I found that
peeling and seeding was, in fact, necessary but there is some good
news. A quick bath in boiling water (only 30 seconds) was all that
was needed to loosen the skin.
A subsequent ...