Checca recipe

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Ingredients

5 tomatoes, seeded and diced
½ cup chopped fresh basil
½ cup olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
salt to taste
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

144.2 calories
carbohydrate: 4.2 g
cholesterol: 1.1 mg
fat: 14.1 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 1.5 g
saturatedFat: 2.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 24.4 mg
sugar: 2.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Mix tomatoes, basil, olive oil, and garlic together in a large non-reactive bowl, season with salt.

  2. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let mixture sit at room temperature until the flavors meld, 2 to 10 hours.

  3. Stir Parmesan cheese into the tomato mixture just before serving.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

This recipe was originally meant to be a sauce for pasta. I was trying to replicate a recipe from a local restaurant. It is so good on slices of Italian bread.

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