Tomato sauce

Name: Tomato sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Makes approximately 410 ml (13 fl oz)
Ingredients: 2 kg (4 lb) very ripe tomatoes or 4 x 425 g (13½ oz) cans tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 tablespoons tomato paste; 100 g (3¼ oz) carrots, diced; 2 kg (4 lb) very ripe tomatoes or 4 x 425 g (13½ oz) cans tomatoes, drained and roughly chopped; small pinch of cayenne pepper; 100 g (3¼ oz) onions, diced; 100 g (3¼ oz) bacon, diced; 4 sprigs of fresh thyme; 2 bay leaves

Preparation info

Makes approximately
410 ml

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Sauces

By Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1999

About

This excellent tomato sauce, full of flavour, is shown here with deep-fried battered fish, but it would also be delicious served with meat or pasta.

Ingredients

2 kg (4 lb) very ripe tomatoes or 4 x 425 g (13½

Sauce
Gluten-free

Method

If using fresh tomatoes, score a small cross in the bases, put in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Leave for 10 seconds before plunging into a bowl of iced water. Drain and, with the point of a sharp knife, remove the stalk and then peel, quarter and remove the seeds. Roughly chop the flesh.
Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Stir the tomato past