Okay, there are a few more ingredients needed to complete this recipe than what is named in the title, but you get the idea.  I was asked to cook dinner because my wife was going to take one of our kids to choir practice.  We try to work as a team and cooking is one of my favorite things to do, so who's complaining? When I got home from work, I did not find a whole of ingredients to work with.  I searched around my pantry and found enough stuff to come up with a dinner that rivals anything served at the Olive Garden...

Here are the ingredients I found and I will share the recipe I came up with for you:

 Ingredients

5 tomatoes  (roma tomatoes are the best, if you use these add a few more)

1 can of chicken broth

Lots (I mean LOTS) of chopped garlic

Lots of Basil

A dash of oregano

A little more than a dash of Italian red pepper flakes.

A dash of black pepper

A bay leaf

Olive oil

A dash of salt

A dash of sugar

Shredded Parmesan and  Asiago Cheese

About a 1/2 cup of decent red wine.

2 cups of pasta  (I used spinach and cheese filled ravioli)

First, pour a little of olive oil into a sauce pot and saute 3 or 4 cloves of chopped garlic.  If like garlic, then add a whole lot more.  I think I put a full head of chopped garlic in  there.  It is tough for me to tell since I pre-chop my garlic and store it in olive oil. I took a couple of scoops and plopped it into the olive oil. Saute the garlic on low heat. Do not burn. Add Bay leaf, black and red pepper, basil, oregano. Let thee cook on low heat in the olive oil.

Core and chop your tomatoes. Puree them in a food processor, until you nearly have a liquid.  Pour a can of chicken broth into the pot and add the tomato puree to the pot.  Bring to a boil.

 After it is boiling, lower heat to a simmer and add a little salt and sugar to taste along with a little wine.  Let simmer for about an hour or two. 

After an hour, the sauce will be pretty liquidy.  If you think there is too much liquid, simply simmer a little longer.   for this particular dinner, I let it stay as a liquid. I added a good bit of basil.  In this dish, I was looking for tomatoes, garlic, and basil to be the main flavors brought out by the sauce.  So indulge yourself and use a lot of garlic and basil.

Cook your pasta according to the instructions.  When the pasta is done, combine with the sauce, top with shredded chese and and serve with red wine and a crust of garlic bread.