Raw Fresh
Tomato Spaghetti Sauce...

Yes, at the height of summer raw fresh tomato spaghetti sauce is been often my favorite choice.

It's really the basis for literally dozens and dozens of different pasta sauces.

Now, I want to give you my best recommendation for the quality of this sauce because it really depends on ripe and good tomatoes.

I have tested recipes using chopped tomatoes, peeled and seeded. Peeling is a lot of work and I did not feel that the work justifies the effort.

However in these dishes the heat of the pasta is not sufficient to separate the peel.

So I don't mind and I opted not to peel tomatoes for these recipes.


Spaghetti Salad
Very simple summer cold spaghetti salad with raw tomatoes.

Spaghetti Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Lemon
Easy spaghetti pasta salad with tomatoes and a squeeze of lemon juice. Refreshing and great with chicken!

Any tomato that taste good raw goes well in a raw pasta sauce. In general plum San Marzano or Roma tomatoes are good.

I like a bit yellow tomatoes, so if you want I recommend using half red and half yellow tomatoes for the best flavor. This combination also look very good.

Yes, for two reasons, moistening the pasta and for flavoring the sauce. Because the oil is not cooked extra-virgin olive oil is essential. Then you can add as you like salt, pepper, and garlic to your summer fresh tomato spaghetti sauce. You can add also some minced fresh basil.

You can prepare this raw tomato sauce in the time it takes to bring the water to a boil and cook the pasta.

Chunks of raw tomato work well with tubular shapes like penne, or short curly pasta shapes, such as fusilli. These shapes along with small shells and orecchiette, will trap better bits of tomato than long pasta.


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