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bowl of spaghetti served with green tomato sauce
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Green Tomato Sauce

Easy green tomato sauce for pasta, a surprisingly delicious green tomato recipe perfect for the end of the season.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Pasta and Rice
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Calories: 526kcal
Author: Adina

Ingredients

  • 450 g/ 1 lb green tomatoes Note 1
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 50 ml/ 1.7 fl.oz/ ¼ cup vegetable broth Note 2
  • 50 ml/ 1.7 fl.oz/ ¼ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon red chili flakes more to taste
  • good pinch of fine sea salt and ground black pepper
  • 5 basil leaves
  • To finish the sauce:
  • 1 tablespoon Parmesan
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • red chili flakes to taste
  • 2-3 basil leaves
  • fine sea salt and black pepper to taste
  • 450 g/ 1 lb spaghetti

Instructions

  • Clean the green tomatoes, chop them roughly and place them in a food processor. Blend roughly, it should not become a puree. If you are making more sauce, blend the tomatoes in batches.
  • Chop the garlic. Heat the oil in a large nonstick saucepan. Add the garlic and stir continuously for 30 seconds, it should not darken.
  • Add the tomatoes, vegetable broth, milk, sugar, chili, torn basil leaves, salt, and pepper. Stir well. Stir and simmer on low heat, covered, for 20-25 minutes until the tomatoes are soft. Stir often, as the sauce tends to stick at the bottom of the pan. Add a splash of extra water or milk if it thickens too much.
  • Finish the sauce by adding the grated Parmesan, grated garlic clove, olive oil, chili flakes, basil, salt, and pepper.
  • Cook the pasta according to the packet's instructions. Drain and reserve about ⅓ cup of the cooking water.
  • Add about ¼ – ⅓ cup of the reserved pasta cooking water to the sauce if it is too thick. Mix with pasta and serve immediately.

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Notes

  1. If you have more green tomatoes you can scale the recipe and freeze the leftover sauce. I've made a double batch with all the tomatoes I had in the garden.
  2. Made from a stock cube is absolutely fine.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/4 of the dish | Calories: 526kcal | Carbohydrates: 93g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 2mg | Sodium: 237mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 8g