4 Tomato Sauce
4 Tomato Sauce
4 Tomato Sauce
Yield: 1 L
INGREDIENTS
50 g bacon
60 g onions, minced
60 g carrots, small diced
1 L tomatoes, canned or fresh, coarsely chopped
250 ml tomato puree
TT Salt
TT Pepper
TT Sugar
SACHET:
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 bay leaf
¼ t dried thyme
¼ t peppercorns, cracked
PROCEDURE
1. Render fat from the bacon. Avoid excessive browning.
2. Add the onions and carrots. Saute until softened but not brown.
3. Add the tomatoes and their juice, the tomato puree and the sachet. Bring
to a boil then reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Cook for about 1 hour
until the raw tomato flavor is cooked out.
4. Remove the sachet. Pass the sauce into a food mill or pulse in a food
processor.
5. Adjust the seasoning with salt, pepper and sugar.
CREOLE
Saute 30 grams onion (minced), 15g celery (brunoise), 15g bellpepper (brunoise)
and ½ tsp minced garlic. Add 250ml tomato sauce, 1 small bayleaf, a pinch of
thyme, and a pinch of finely grated or minced lemon rind. Simmer fro 5-10
minutes. Remove the bayleaf and season with salt, pepper, and a pinch of
cayenne.