Our new favorite pasta sauce has all the earmarks of a Neopolitan classic. Quick and simple, it exemplifies the short-order-cooking style typical of great Italian food. It simmers just long enough to get saucy and tangy, then clings lovingly to the pasta of your choice, careful to let the creamy flavor of the wheat shine through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It includes the usual suspects: chunked-up tomatoes, garlic, red pepper flakes, sage\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sage? What\u2019s with the sage?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We know how Italians season tomatoes with basil and oregano, and occasionally with rosemary and thyme. Sage goes into saltimbocca and brown butter sauce, but not red sauces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But why not? Sage belongs to the mint family, along with all those other herbs. Ada Boni even featured a traditional Neopolitan fresh tomato sauce with mint in her famous Italian Regional Cooking<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While our research department failed to uncover a true Italian red sauce recipe with sage, we found that fresh sage gives tomatoes an aromatic zip that knocked our socks off. If you\u2019re lucky enough to grow sage in your garden, you know it is much heartier than basil and can even survive the winter. With a single bushy sage plant, you can make this sauce as often as you want\u2014long after your basil has succumbed to the cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The inspiration for this sauce comes from Christopher Kimball at Milk Street, who says the idea came from Yottam Ottolenghi. So it\u2019s Italian by way of the Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use any kind of tomato, and don\u2019t bother to peel (we like those little curled-up skins). Yes, you can even use canned. Adjust the flavor and consistency with a squeeze or two of tomato paste, and some optional anchovy paste to pump up the umami. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And, to the dismay of the Italian Basil Council, be sure to use fresh sage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Makes about a pint of sauce.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our new favorite pasta sauce has all the earmarks of a Neopolitan classic. Quick and simple, it exemplifies the short-order-cooking style typical of great Italian food. It simmers just long enough to get saucy and tangy, then clings lovingly to the pasta of your choice, careful to let the creamy flavor of the wheat shine through. It includes the usual suspects: chunked-up tomatoes, garlic, red pepper flakes, sage\u2026. Sage? What\u2019s with the sage? We know how Italians season tomatoes with basil and oregano, and occasionally with rosemary and thyme. Sage goes into saltimbocca and brown butter sauce, but not red sauces. But why not? Sage belongs to the mint family, along with all those other herbs. Ada Boni even featured a traditional Neopolitan fresh tomato sauce with mint in her famous Italian Regional Cooking. While our research department failed to uncover a true Italian red sauce recipe with sage, we found that fresh sage gives tomatoes an aromatic zip that knocked our socks off. If you\u2019re lucky enough to grow sage in your garden, you know it is much heartier than basil and can even survive the winter. With a single bushy sage plant, you can make this sauce as often as you want\u2014long after your basil has succumbed to the cold. The inspiration for this sauce comes from Christopher Kimball at Milk Street, who says the idea came from Yottam Ottolenghi. So it\u2019s Italian by way of the Middle East. Use any kind of tomato, and don\u2019t bother to peel (we like those little curled-up skins). Yes, you can even use canned. Adjust the flavor and consistency with a squeeze or two of tomato paste, and some optional anchovy paste to pump up the umami. And, to the dismay of the Italian Basil Council, be sure to use fresh sage. Pasta with Fresh Tomato and Sage Sauce Makes about a pint of sauce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,332,644,31,757],"tags":[720,721,722],"class_list":["post-6624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ingredient","category-italian","category-pasta","category-vegan","category-vegetarian","tag-fresh-sage-sauce","tag-italian-red-sauce-with-sage","tag-neopolitan-red-sauce"],"yoast_head":"\nPasta with Fresh Tomato and Sage Sauce<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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