Recipe Category: Pasta
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Ingredients
Pressure Level: HIGH
Release: QUICK
Time: 30 minutes
- *Enough For 1 Pound Of Pasta
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- pinch red pepper flakes
- ½ cup dry red wine
- ½ cup water
- salt and pepper
- 3 pounds very ripe, in-season tomatoes, cored
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
Method
- Cook oil, garlic, tomato paste, and pepper flakes in pressurecooker pot over medium heat until fragrant, about 1 minute
- Stir in wine, water, and 1 teaspoon salt
- Arrange tomatoes in pot, cored side down
HIGH PRESSURE FOR 30 minutes:
- Lock pressure-cooker lid in place and bring to high pressure over medium-high heat
- As soon as pot reaches high pressure, reduce heat to medium-low and cook for 30 minutes, adjusting heat as needed to maintain high pressure
QUICK RELEASE PRESSURE:
- Remove pot from heat
- Quick release pressure, then carefully remove lid, allowing steam to escape away from you
- Before Serving:
- Using tongs, remove and discard tomato skins
- Mash tomatoes with potato masher until mostly smooth
- Bring sauce to simmer over medium-high heat and cook until thickened, 15 to 20 minutes
- Stir in basil and season with salt and pepper to taste
- Serve
VARIATIONS
- Puttanesca
- Increase red pepper flakes to 1 teaspoon
- Add 8 rinsed and minced anchovy fillets to pot with oil in step 1
- After simmering sauce in step 4, stir in ½ cup pitted and chopped kalamata olives and 3 tablespoons rinsed capers
- Substitute ¼ cup minced fresh parsley for basil
- Tomato, Vodka, and Cream Sauce
- Increase red pepper flakes to ¼ teaspoon
- Stir in ¼ cup vodka after simmering sauce for 10 minutes in step 4
- Before stirring in basil, stir in ? cup heavy cream and simmer until sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes
- Arrabbiata
- Increase red pepper flakes to ½-¾ tea-spoon and substitute ¼ cup minced fresh parsley for basil
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