Saturday, July 13, 2024

The Sauce of Summer {New} + 7 Recipes to Make with It + Homemade Dilly Ranch Dressing

Hello Friends,

Last October, at the tail end of tomato season, when the sungolds were still arriving in droves at our little co-op, I made this sauce on repeat. It calls for minimal prep, a handful of ingredients, and a quick roast at high heat, but produces a sauce that tastes like so much more: sweet and bright and fresh all at once. Truly, summer in a sauce.

If you've made these roasted broccoli steaks, you know this sauce. In that recipe it's referred to as "tomato butter," and it calls for cherry tomatoes. I love this sauce so much for its low-effort and high-reward, I included it in Pizza Night, and when I am pressed for time, it's the one I make most often.

Here, I've doubled the amount of tomatoes and, as noted, used yellow tomatoes, which produce a beautifully golden-hued sauce. At the height of sungold season, this sauce is exceptional, but it tastes nearly as delicious with off-peak tomatoes, too, so don't be afraid to use what you can find.

I love tossing this sauce with pasta and shaving lots of parmesan over the top ...

... and I love it as a pizza sauce, too:

But use it, of course, in any of your favorite recipes calling for tomato sauce. As always, I hope you love it!

Sungold Tomato Sauce

PS: It's zucchini bread season! Banana bread season, too 🎉

7 Recipes to Make With Your Liquid Gold

Roasted Eggplant Involtini

Chez Panisse's Pasta with Caramelized Onions and Eggplant

Roasted eggplant, caramelized onions, fresh tomato sauce and a hint of sherry vinegar combine to make this late-summer pasta dish truly fantastic. // alexandracooks.com

Broccoli Steaks

Homemade Ricotta Gnocchi

A bowl of ricotta gnocchi tossed in tomato sauce, basil, and parmesan.

Zucchini Involtini

Crispy (Oven-Fried) Eggplant with Tomato Sauce

Zucchini Parmesan

Virtual Cooking Class

On Thursday, August 1st from 6-7:15 pm, I'll be teaching a virtual cooking class on Sicilian and Grandma-style pizzas. I'll be making three recipes from Pizza Night. This class is part of Milk Street's summer pizza series, which includes classes taught by Peter Reinhart and J. Kenji Lopez-Alt.

Use PIZZANIGHT15 for 15% off my class.

Dilly Ranch Dressing (+Pickles on Pizza?)

In Friday's pizza newsletter, I shared a recipe for a dilly ranch dressing, an adaptation of the herby ranch dressing in Pizza Night. I also wonder if you'd ever dare to put pickles on pizza? Get the recipe here:

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