Tomato Sauce
READY IN 75 minutes COOKING TIME 50 minutes PREP TIME 25 minutes SERVES 8 Portions, enough for two meals
Equipment
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Ingredients
- 4 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 onions
- 2 carrots
- 2 celery sticks
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tsp sugar
- 4x 400g cans chopped tomatoes
Method
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Peel, wash and chop carrots and onions.
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Crush garlic.
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Slice celery sticks.
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Heat the oil in a pan and add the vegetables and bay leaf.
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Stir in the sugar with some salt.
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Gently cook for 10-15 minutes until the veg is tender.
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Stir in the tomatoes and 150ml water.
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Simmer very gently for 30 minutes until the sauce has reduced by two-thirds and is very thick. (If you have doubled or
tripled the quantities, this may take up to 1 hr.)
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Stir occasionally, particularly towards the end of the cooking time, so that the sauce doesn’t catch on the bottom.
If you like your sauce a little thinner, add a splash of water.
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Serve half with cooked pasta and chill or freeze other half in 1-2 batches for later use.
Also goes well with sausages in a casserole or as base for bolognes or lasagne sauce.