Tomato Sauce

Name: Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 100 ml extra virgin olive oil; 1 bay leaf; 2 sprigs of fresh thyme; 1 tbsp. freshly chopped parsley or sage; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tbsp. ground paprika; 200 g red onion; 500 g tomato passata; 1 tbsp. freshly chopped parsley or sage; 1 tsp finely chopped sage leaves; 1 tsp finely chopped rosemary; 100 g sofrito (available from all good supermarkets)

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Real Greek

By Tonia Buxton

Published 2016

About

Our wonderful Greek pasta sauce lends itself to so many Mediterranean recipes

Ingredients

500 g tomato passata
200 g red onion
100 g

Europe
Greece
Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

Using a food processor or hand blender, blitz together the tomato passata, onion, sofrito, rosemary, sage, bay leaf and thyme. Pour into a pan and add 200 ml water.
Cover and simmer for 45 minutes until thickened. Season to taste.
Stir in the extra virgin o