Arrabiatta Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 12 large tomatoes, ripe or 2 (28 ounce) cans canned tomatoes
• 5 long hot red chili peppers, chopped
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped
• 10 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 ounces pancetta
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon unbleached cane sugar
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 3 tablespoons fresh basil
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley
• 3/4 cup red wine

Recipe

• 1 in boiling pot of water place tomatoes for a few minutes to loosen skins.
• 2 peel skins from tomatoes and discard boiling water,.
• 3 in a stock pot place skinned tomatoes or (canned) to boil with 1/4 cup olive oil and 5 cloves of garlic and bring to a boil add the sugar, salt, pepper and herbs and continue to boil (crush tomatoes with potato masher after 45 min).
• 4 in a separate fry pan place 3 tablespoons of olive oil and pancetta until fat is melted.
• 5 t.
• 6 hen add the onion until sweated then add 5 cloves of garlic
• 7 add red pepper and hot pepper and fry 3-4 minutes with onion and garlic.
• 8 add red wine and simmer the mixture for 3-4 minutes and then add to the tomato and boil for 10 minutes.
• 9 add the lemon juice and simmer on low for 45 minutes.
• 10 use your favorite pasta (penne or spaghettini are my faves).