Sauces and Condiments Recipe ⋆ Checca

This recipe was originally meant to be a sauce for pasta. I was trying to replicate a recipe from a local restaurant. It is so good on slices of Italian bread.

Ingredients

• 5 tomatoes, seeded and diced
• ½ cup chopped fresh basil
• ½ cup olive oil
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, or more to taste

Cooking Directions

1. Mix tomatoes, basil, olive oil, and garlic together in a large non-reactive bowl; season with salt.
2. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let mixture sit at room temperature until the flavors meld, 2 to 10 hours.
3. Stir Parmesan cheese into the tomato mixture just before serving.

Nutrition Facts

• calories144.2
• carbohydrateContent4.2 g
• cholesterolContent1.1 mg
• fatContent14.1 g
• fiberContent1.2 g
• proteinContent1.5 g
• saturatedFatContent2.1 g
• sodiumContent24.4 mg
• sugarContent2.5 g