Linguine with Garlic Sauce

Yum! This is a very nice pasta dish with fresh veggies in the sauce. Excellent!

The base of this recipe was taken from the book Pasta: Sunset Creative Cooking Library.

INGREDIENTS:
3 - 4 large tomatoes
1/4 cup water
fresh basil cut into small pieces
salt
black pepper, red pepper flakes
1/3 cup olive oil
6 - 10 large garlic cloves minced or pressed
Linguine Pasta
Parmesan Cheese

DIRECTIONS:
Peel, seed, and coarsely chop tomatoes. In a bowl, combine tomatoes, water, fresh basil, salt, black and red pepper. Set aside.
Place olive oil and garlic in small pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium-high heat until oil bubbles gently and garlic is light gold. (Do not brown garlic or it will taste bitter). Add tomato mixture to pan and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally for 5 minutes.

Cook linguine, drain, place in serving bowl. Cover with sauce, toss gently then serve. Add Parmesan to taste.