{"id":114,"date":"2013-10-31T04:56:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T04:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/?p=114"},"modified":"2013-10-31T18:39:58","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T18:39:58","slug":"garys-honey-rosemary-tomato-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"Gary&#8217;s Honey-Rosemary Tomato Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-118\" style=\"border: 2px solid red; margin: 0 0 0 10px;\" alt=\"full-pot-of-tomatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/full-pot-of-tomatoes.jpg\" width=\"197\" height=\"170\" \/>Here is a very subtle and delicious tomato sauce taught to me by my erstwhile, good food-loving friend Gary. You may wonder at its simplicity: the lack of spices, garlic, even pepper and salt. But it is the omission of these stronger flavors that allows its &#8220;secret&#8221; ingredient&#8211;honey&#8211;to shine.<\/p>\n<p>This is a sauce best left simple. It goes especially well with heartier pastas&#8230;gnocchi or bow-tie, for example, where it compliments without overshadowing the pasta&#8217;s own meaty flavor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prep Time: 5 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Cooking Time: 90 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Servings: Makes 1\/2 gallon, approximately 16 servings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Two 32 oz cans of crushed tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1-2 shallots or 1 small onion, minced<\/li>\n<li>Honey<\/li>\n<li>Fresh rosemary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Directions<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>In a pot, heat olive oil and then sautee the shallots\/chopped onion until soft.<\/li>\n<li>Add the tomatoes and cook at medium heat.Bring to low boil then reduce heat to medium low.<\/li>\n<li>Add 1-2 tablespoons of honey. Stir and taste it as you add&#8230;you don&#8217;t want the sauce to be too sweet.When honey is right, add a 4 to 6 inch sprig of rosemary.<\/li>\n<li>Cook for 15 minutes or so then taste to determine if it needs a little more rosemary. Be careful: Too much rosemary can ruin it so be judicious in adding it.<\/li>\n<li>Cover and cook at low heat for an additionaal 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep from burning.Remove rosemary before serving.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a very subtle and delicious tomato sauce taught to me by my erstwhile, good food-loving friend Gary. You may wonder at its simplicity: the lack of spices, garlic, even pepper and salt. But it is the omission of these stronger flavors that allows its &#8220;secret&#8221; ingredient&#8211;honey&#8211;to shine. This is a sauce best left [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,22,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gravy","category-sauce","category-tomatoes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.seatoad.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}