The Farmer Family Cookbook

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Ingredients

• 60.4 (14.5 oz) cans diced tomatoes
• 1.50.1 cups olive oil
• 100.666666666667 cloves garlic, sauteed
• .250.0166666666667 lb fresh basil
• 10.0666666666667 to 3 cups milk, cream, and/or chicken stock

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 300F. Pour tomatoes into a 9x13 pan. Add sauteed garlic and basil leaves. Mix together and pour in enough olive oil to almost cover tomatoes. Roast uncovered for 3 hours.
2. After roasting, process mixture in blender in batches. Fill blender about 2/3 full with the tomatoes then add cream, milk, or stock (more or less depending on desired consistency and richness), a little more olive oil, and a few fresh basil leaves. Blend and serve.