Easy Grilled Fresh Tomato Sauce

This Grilled Tomato Sauce sauce is a summer staple that’s SO YUMMY and incredibly easy to make. It’s a fresh sauce made with grilled tomatoes, blended and seasoned with garlic and basil. It can be made in 20 minutes and tastes so much better than any sauce you can buy.

I make this Grilled Fresh Tomato Sauce starting as soon as the local tomatoes are available until the end of the season in October. I use it on so many things, including zucchini noodles, pasta, fish, chicken, pizza and grilled vegetables.  It’s incredibly versatile.

There are only 4 ingredients which makes it super easy; fresh tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and basil.

The best tomatoes for the sauce are San Marzano which I grow specifically to make this sauce all summer long.  Roma tomatoes or plum tomatoes are also good and can be found in your farmers markets!  Sometimes I have an abundance of round tomatoes, I use them too.

The San Marzano or plum tomatoes have less water and make a thicker sauce.  If you use round tomatoes, no problem, but you have to cook the sauce a little longer to thicken it up.

The process to make the sauce is very simple.  Cut the tomatoes in half and grill them cut side down first, for 2-3 minutes, until they begin to soften. Use tongs to turn them over and grill another 4-5 minutes until the tomatoes are tender and lightly charred.

Make sure your grill is oiled well so they don’t stick. I use a paper towel or rag dipped in oil to season the grill.

Once they’re done, put them on a plate to cool or put them right into a blender. Blend until smooth.

 

The additional flavors come from lots of  garlic, red pepper flakes, sea salt and basil.

Once the tomatoes are ready, heat your olive oil in a 10″saute pan on medium low and add garlic.  Saute 1-2 minutes until garlic is fragrant.  Add pinch of red pepper flakes and Celtic sea salt.

Pour the blended tomatoes into the pan and simmer on medium-low/low, stirring regularly for 10 minutes until the sauce thickens.

If your tomatoes aren’t super sweet you can add a pinch of coconut sugar too!

To finish your sauce, stir in basil, cut into ribbons.  This can be done right away or just before serving. Now your sauce is ready to use.

I love it with zucchini noodles or any type of pasta.  One of my favorite dishes is Grilled Scallops with Grilled Tomato Sauce.  It’s great with Chicken Mushroom and Zucchini Meatballs or pizza or cauliflower pizza.

It will keep in your refrigerator for 7 days or freeze for 1 month.

Enjoy this Easy Grilled Fresh Tomato Sauce. It’s fresh, flavorful, easy to make and super healthy.

If you like this recipe try these other delicious summer sauces:

• Vegan Pesto
• Asian “Peanut Sauce”
• Tahini Dressing

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