Sicilian Tomato Sauce
Total Time: 35 mins
Preparation Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Ingredients
- 2 kg very ripe roma tomatoes
- 2 small onions, chopped
- 8 garlic cloves
- 5 tablespoons oil
- 1 1/2 cups torn basil leaves
- 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Recipe
- 1 place tomatoes, onion and 6 of the garlic cloves in a large non reactive pan.
- 2 place pan over medium heat with the lid slightly ajar and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- 3 remove from heat and press sauce through a sieve or food mill.
- 4 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.
- 5 add the basil leaves salt and sugar and simmer for a further 10 minutes, at this stage taste and add more salt if required.
- 6 serve or bottle in sterilized bottles and seal or cool and freeze.
- 7 tips~
- 8 end of the season tomatoes have a richer taste for sauces.
- 9 use stainless steel ceramic or cast iron pots to prevent reaction to the tomatoes.
- 10 place wooden spoon under lid to keep it propped ajar.
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