Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 small head of garlic
• 1/2 lb plum tomato, halved lengthwise
• 1 large red bell pepper (1/2 lb)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• 2 cut off and discard top quarter of garlic head and wrap remainder in foil after drizzling with the olive oil. arrange tomatoes, cut sides up, in a foil-lined 13x9x2-inch baking pan and sprinkle lightly with salt. add whole bell pepper and garlic (in foil) to pan and roast vegetables in middle of oven 1 hour.
• 3 transfer bell pepper to a bowl and cover bowl with plastic wrap, then let stand about 20 minutes. when cool enough to handle, peel pepper, discarding stem and seeds, and transfer to a food processor or blender along with tomatoes.
• 4 unwrap garlic and squeeze roasted cloves from skin into food processor (or blender). add remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste, then puree sauce until smooth.