Sauce tomate vite faite

Name: Sauce tomate vite faite (Quick Tomato Sauce)
Yield: For 1⅓ cups (3¼ dL) sauce
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon minced shallots; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 1 bay leaf; 1⅓ cups (3¼ dL) chicken broth or water; 1⅓ cups (3¼ dL) chicken broth or water; ½ cup (1 dL) tomato paste; Freshly grated nutmeg; Freshly ground pepper; Salt to taste; 2 teaspoons herbes de Provence

Quick Tomato Sauce

Preparation info

For
1⅓ cups
sauce

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

New Menus from Simca's Cuisine

By Simone Beck and Michael James

Published 1979

About

If the sweetest fresh tomatoes are not available, this carefully flavored sauce, made with tomato paste, is a quick and very satisfactory alternative.

Ingredients

5 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon minced shallots
½ cup

Europe
France
Sauce
Mediterranean
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the olive oil in a medium-sized saucepan, add the minced shallots, and sauté gently for about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste, the liquid, and the herbs and season lightly. Simmer for 12 to 15 minutes, stirring frequently. Remove the bay leaf and correct the seasoning. The tomato sauce can be stored for 2 or 3 days in the refrigerator (even longer if you used only water), or for several