Description

Unbelievably easy and tastes so delicious with the lemon zest, olive oil and red pepper flakes, it's hard to beieve that it is ready in five minutes!

Ingredients

• 1/4 cu. extra virgin olive oil
• 3/4 - 1 1/2 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes, the full amount makes a very spicy sauce
• 1/2 tsp. fine grain sea salt
• 3 medium cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 28-oz. can crushed red tomatoes (not diced, not pureed, not whole, no additional seasonings at all)
• zest of one lemon

Steps

1. Combine olive oil, pepper flakes, salt and garlic in a cold saucepan. Stir while you heat the pan over medium high heat. Saute for 45 seconds to a minute, just until everything is fragrant. Avoid letting the garlic turn brown.
2. Stir in tomatoes and heat to a gentle simmer, this should only take a couple minutes.
3. Remove from the heat and taste the sauce. If it needs more salt, add now. Stir in the lemon zest and taste again.