This is the most delicious pasta sauce - I like it better than cooked sauces! And it's so quick and easy. If you like your 'comfort food' and are scared to try eating 'raw,' why not start with this recipe - it's satisfying and not so different that the family will complain! The nuts/seeds make this sauce taste 'cheesey' - you honestly don't need cheese on it! You can also add some fresh chilli if you like it hot, and you can use dry herbs if you don't have fresh (but use less!). Try to use organic ingredients if at all possible.
Adapted from one of Serene Allison's recipes in her wonderful raw 'cookbook,' Rejuvenate Your Life.
Cut into manageable pieces, toss into Thermomix and pulverise on speed 9 for about 30 seconds, or until desired texture is achieved:
- 3 very large (or 6 small) tomatoes, preferably organic & vine ripened
- 1 cup semi-dried tomatoes
- 1 capsicum (opt.)
- 2 shallots (opt.)
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves
- 1 T fresh rosemary leaves
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- ground black pepper
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 4 pitted dates
- 1 T tamari sauce
- 1 T balsamic vinegar
- a handful of pine nuts or sunflower seeds (sunflower seeds are cheaper, and taste great!)Serve the sauce over raw zucchini peeled into extra thin strips, instead of pasta.
Or if you think your family won't eat that, cook up some spelt fettucine, and have it with that instead. Don't warm up the pasta sauce - it's supposed to be room temperature.
Hope you like it!
