Ingredients
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450 g ripe tomatoes, chopped (peeled or unpeeled as you prefer)
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1 tablespoon olive oil
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1 onion, chopped
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1 -2 teaspoon tomato puree
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1 clove garlic, crushed (more if you like it)
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2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil (add more if you are a basil fan as I am)
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salt
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pepper
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chili powder
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minced meat
Instructions
- If I want to use this as a the basis for a meat sauce or chilli sauce I don't usually bother to peel the tomatoes, when I want a silky smooth sauce that runs beautifully I do peel them.
- You choose Peel tomatoes by covering with boiling water in a bowl for 5 minutes if you want the"smooth" recipe.
- Chop tomotoes into evenly sized pieces.
- Heat olive oil and sauté garlic and onion until soft.
- Add tomatoes, tomato pureé, Basil, salt and pepper.
- Simmer gently got 30-40 until it reduces a little.
- Serve as is, or put in a blender until smooth.
- For Chilli sauce, add 1/4-1/2 teaspoon chilli powder (to your preference) or fresh chillies.
- Adding browned minced meat makes a nice easy sauce for over pasta.