Peach & Tomato Pasta Sauce (yes really!)

 Ingredients:

• 12 oz. pasta
• 5 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 pint grape or cherry tomatoes
• 2 pounds peach, pitted and sliced or chopped
• ½ cup chopped basil
• salt and black pepper
• crushed red pepper or 1 jalapeno
• chopped toasted almonds

 Instructions

1. cook pasta—drain-reserve ¼ cup past water
2. in skillet cook garlic over low to medium heat in hot oil – 1 minute
3. add tomatoes and cook uncovered about 2 minutes
4. add peaches and cook until just for – about 4 to 5 minutes
5. stir in olives, basil, salt & pepper, and crushed red pepper
6. heat thoroughly then add the mixture to the cooked pastas and reserved water
7. sprinkle with almonds

 enjoy,

courtesy of Dixie, a dedicated customer at the CalaverasGROWN San Andreas Farmers Market