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Roasted Tomato Soup
I was never a soup person until, in my early twenties I spent some time working at a private golf club as a waiter. The chef at the club was fantastic, and tasting his daily soups (so that I could recommend them to our customers) converted me from a person who thought all soup tasted like tinned soups to someone who understood that flavours could combine beautifully and still taste delicious and fresh. This Roasted Tomato Soup reminds me of his soups; fragrant, hearty, and bursting with flavour. It’s the kind of thing I’m glad I know how to make, especially when the Winter is lingering and all I want…
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Buttery Garlic Basil Tomato Sauce
More often than anything else, I find myself craving a nice rich garlic basil tomato sauce. For ages, I’ve tried to find a recipe that hits all of those perfect notes, but nothing ever seemed to work – the flavours were never quite what I was hoping for. Until I had a moment of realization – restaurants put butter in everything; why would tomato sauce be an exception? It turned out that butter was exactly what I was missing (this recipe is great without it, but so, so good with it!) This is a quick, easy recipe that I use this in lots of different ways – over pasta, over…
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Simple Spaghetti with Sausage
Sometimes I just crave tomato sauce; not fresh tomatoes, or even cooked ones, but that hyper-sweet, almost candy-like tomato sauce that was a staple of my childhood spaghettis. I’m still working on this one – maybe more wine, some thyme, some balsamic vinegar? I feel like it needs a little more umph. But when I’m just straight-up craving tomato sauce, this will more than do the trick. I guess it doesn’t matter that’s it’s not complex – it’s easy to make, and good to eat! I’ve been using Yellow Tail Shiraz to make this dish, because you end up with a lot of leftover wine, and it might as well…
