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Bruschetta Ingredients: 1/2 baguette or crusty long loaf bread, sliced (12 pieces) 2 large cloves of garlic, cracked away from skin EVOO for drizzling 3 small plum tomatoes, halves and seeded 20 fresh basil leaves Coarse salt Directions: Preheat broiler to high Place bread slices on a broiler pan Char bread on each side under hot broiler Rub toasts with cracked garlic and drizzle with oil Chop seeded tomatoes and place in a small bowl Pile basil leaves on top of one another and roll into a log Thinly slice basil into green confetti and loosely combine with tomatoes Add a drizzle of oil and a little coarse salt to the bowl and gently toss tomatoes and basil to coat Pile toasts around the bowl of topping. Place a spoon to scoop topping in bowl and serve

Basic Pizza Sauce Recipe courtesy Don Pintabona Ingredients : 1 can (28-ounces) whole peeled tomatoes, in juice 1 small white or sweet onion, finely diced and minced 1 clove garlic, peeled and minced 3 to 4 fresh basil leaves 1 teaspoon dried oregano Pinch salt Pinch fresh ground black pepper Pinch sugar, optional 2 tablespoons olive oil, to saute Instructions : Empty the contents of the tomato can in a mixing bowl and coarsely crush the tomatoes with a fork or your hands,  Leaving them just a little chunky. In a heavy bottom 2-quart sauce pot, add the olive oil, over a medium high flame and heat a little. Add the onions and saute until slightly translucent. Add the garlic and saute about a minute until golden. Quickly add the crushed tomatoes to the mix. Stir well and bring to a simmer. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and add the fresh basil and oregano. Edition:  Blend the content into pure liquid (optional) Optional:  Add a touch of sugar if

TJ Pizza Dough Homemade Pizza Preheat oven at 450F Set rack on top 1/3 in oven It is important to Grease the pizza pan or lay a foil on pan or pizza stone to avoid pizza dough sticking  to the pan. Apply EVOO on dough and pizza sauce Place desired toppings onto the dough Note:  avoid toppings that yield too much liquid, soggy dough is not good eats Put pizza into oven for 13 mins Brush crust with olive oil and crack egg or put prosciutto onto pizza Bake another 3-5 mins Rest 2 mins before serving Other combo ideas: Tomato Balsamic sauce Chicken n Eggplant  Grilled Mushrooms Onion  n Fontina Smoked Oyster with thin Garlic slices and Pepper Flakes Below Clockwise: Caprese, Salami with grilled tomato  🍅 and Egg, Smoked Oyster with Garlic slices and Pepper Flakes, RepeatSalami and crisscrosses Prosciutto