How To Make Creamy Tomato-Basil Sauce
Mascarpone adds a sweet creaminess to this tomato-basil sauce that brims with a hint of garlic flavor. Whip up a rich batch in just under 30 minutes!
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 10 minutes
Total: 25 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2tbspextra virgin olive oil
- 1garlic clove
- 1cupgrape tomatoes
- ¾cupmascarpone
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1tspsherry vinegar
- 2tbspbasil leaves,finely shredded
Instructions
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Heat the olive oil in a medium skillet. Add the garlic and tomatoes and cook over high heat for about 5 minutes, stirring, until the tomatoes are softened.
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Add the mascarpone and cook over moderately high heat, stirring, until piping hot. Season the sauce with salt and ½ teaspoon of pepper, stir in the vinegar and basil.
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Serve with pasta or risotto, broiled chicken, polenta, veal cutlets, or roasted vegetables, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
Other Cheese Choices: Crème fraîche or unsweetened Devon cream
Nutrition
- Calories: 1080.62kcal
- Fat: 107.48g
- Saturated Fat: 45.98g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 43.13g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 6.85g
- Carbohydrates: 19.55g
- Fiber: 3.18g
- Sugar: 12.68g
- Protein: 15.20g
- Cholesterol: 235.13mg
- Sodium: 1126.28mg
- Calcium: 257.20mg
- Potassium: 867.78mg
- Iron: 2.01mg
- Vitamin A: 892.08µg
- Vitamin C: 32.33mg
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