This is a fantastic sauce to make with end of season Tomatoes.
A great recipe to serve with pasta which can be bottled or frozen for later use. Cut down the garlic of you want but I think its just right as is!
This can be bottled but please sterilize the bottles well as per instructions.
Ingredients: [‘roma tomatoes’, ‘white onions’, ‘garlic cloves’, ‘oil’, ‘basil leaves’, ‘sugar’, ‘salt’]
Quantity of Ingredients: [“2 kg very ripe roma tomatoes”,”2 small white onions, chopped “,”8 garlic cloves”,”5 tablespoons oil”,”1 1/2 cups torn basil leaves”,”1 1/2 teaspoons sugar”,”1/2 teaspoon salt”]
Number of Servings: 1
Steps: [‘Place tomatoes, onion and 6 of the garlic cloves in a large non reactive pan.’, ‘Place pan over medium heat with the lid slightly ajar and simmer for about 10 minutes.’, ‘Remove from heat and press sauce through a sieve or food mill.’, ‘Finely chop remaining garlic and gently cook in oil just lightly until you can smell a garlic smell, remove from heat and stir in the sieved tomato mixture.’, ‘Add the basil leaves salt and sugar and simmer for a further 10 minutes, at this stage taste and add more salt if required.’, ‘Serve or bottle in sterilized bottles and seal or cool and freeze.’, ‘TIPS~’, ‘End of the season Tomatoes have a richer taste for sauces.’, ‘Use stainless steel ceramic or cast iron pots to prevent reaction to the tomatoes.’, ‘Place wooden spoon under lid to keep it propped ajar.’]