A fresh tomato sauce that requires no cooking is perfect served in summer with chargrilled vegetables, such as the zucchini, eggplant and capsicum pictured, or, alternatively with savoury mousses.
Bring a pan of water to the boil. Meanwhile, cut a small cross in the bases of the tomatoes. Put them in a bowl, cover with boiling water and leave them for 10 seconds before plunging in 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.