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Spicy Butter-Roasted Tomato Sauce
5 from 12 votes

Spicy Butter-Roasted Tomato Sauce

This Spicy Butter-Roasted Tomato Sauce uses fire-roasted canned tomatoes along with whole garlic cloves, butter, oregano, and crushed red pepper flakes. Roasting the ingredients in the oven until soft and jam-like develops a rich, slightly spicy sauce meant to be tossed with pasta. Fresh basil and Parmesan cheese are finishing touches that complement the sauce’s buttery, savory flavor.

Course: Condiments
Cuisine: Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 28- ounce fire-roasted tomato crushed or diced, canned
  • 10 garlic peeled, crushed, cloves
  • 1/4 /4 cup unsalted butter 1/2 stick, cut into small pieces
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes crushed
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • kosher salt
  • black pepper freshly ground
  • 12 oz. spaghetti bucatini, or linguini
  • basil for garnishing

Instructions

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  1. Preheat the oven to 425°F.
  2. Combine tomatoes, garlic, butter, red pepper flakes, and oregano in a 13x9" baking dish; season with kosher salt and black pepper.
  3. Roast in oven for 35-45 minutes, tossing half way through. Garlic should be very soft and the mixture jam-like.
  4. Once removed from oven, use a potato masher or fork to break up garlic and tomatoes.
  5. As sauce is roasting, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water, until al dente.
  6. Drain pasta, reserving 1/2 cup pasta cooking water.
  7. Return pasta to pot, adding tomato sauce and pasta water, tossing until sauce coats pasta.
  8. Serve with Parmesan cheese and basil garnish.