Sunday Sauce

Seven cloves of garlic, sliced paper thin. A can of Roma tomatoes, rinsed twice so nothing goes to waste. A pot that goes on around noon and doesn't come off until whenever everyone finally wanders into the kitchen.

This isn't a twenty-minute sauce. That's the whole point of it — the slow build, the smell that takes over the house by hour three, the extra jar you always tuck in the fridge for the week ahead.

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Ingredients

• 7 cloves garlic, sliced paper thin

• ¼ cup good olive oil

• 1 tablespoon salt, plus more to taste

• Leaves from 1 package organic basil

• 1 can Roma tomatoes

Method

1. Sauté the garlic in the olive oil until transparent.

2. Add the salt.

3. Add the basil leaves.

4. Add the can of Roma tomatoes, then rinse the can with water and add that too.

5. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and reduce for 20 minutes.

6. Reduce the heat and let it simmer as long as you can on a Sunday afternoon.

7. Blend with a hand blender until smooth.

8. Salt to taste.

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