How to Make Fresh Tomato Sauce with Zucchini Flowers

Name: Fresh Tomato Sauce with Zucchini Flowers
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 2 garlic cloves; 2 cups fresh cherry tomatoes (red and yellow work really well); white wine, a generous pour; salt and pepper to taste; zucchini flowers (I used about 20, use what you’ve got)

In Fun with Zucchini Flowers, Part 3, a simple tomato sauce meets a secret ingredient.

By Chiara Montalto Giannini

12:00 AM EDT on October 4, 2023

Our "Fun with Zucchini Flowers" series continues with this quick, simple tomato sauce for late summer or early fall.

Feel free to use the sauce with dry pasta or with this recipe for spaghetti with zucchini flowers.

Fresh Tomato Sauce with Zucchini Flowers

Recipe by Chiara Montalto Giannini

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Servings

servings

Prep time

minutes

Cooking time

minutes

Ingredients

2 2 garlic cloves
2 cups 2 fresh cherry tomatoes (red and yellow work really well)
white wine, a generous pour
salt and pepper to taste
zucchini flowers (I used about 20, use what you’ve got)

Directions

Chop garlic
Sauté garlic in olive oil, add salt and pepper
Add salt and pepper
Wash tomatoes
Chop tomatoes roughly
Add tomatoes to garlic
Cook tomatoes down a bit (they will render a little liquid)
Add a generous pour of white wine (or two)
Cook down a bit more
Add cleaned, chopped zucchini flowers (stamen removed)
Boil water
Make pasta
Serve Serve with a generous amount of parmigiano reggiano.

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