Name: Tomato Oil
Yield: Makes 600ml
Ingredients: 2 Garlic cloves, finely chopped; 300ml Extra virgin olive oil; Freshly ground pepper; 1 med Bunch basil, roughly chopped; Salt; 6 Crushed coriander seeds; 300ml Grape seed oil; 1 sprig rosemary; 4 Crushed white peppercorns; 2 sprigs fresh thyme; 1 White part of small leek, finely chopped; ½ Head fennel, finely chopped; 40g Tomato paste; ½ Split chilli, with seeds removed and finely chopped; ½ Bay leaf; ½ Small onion, finely chopped; 2 Shallots, finely chopped; 1 Stick celery, finely chopped

Preparation info

Makes
600 ml

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Season to Taste

By Liam Tomlin

Published 2005

About

Ingredients

300ml Extra virgin olive oil
2 Garlic cloves, finely chopped
½ Small onion, finel

Method

Heat 50ml extra virgin olive oil in a heavy-based pan, and add the chopped vegetables. Sweat for 5 minutes until tender without colour. Add the tomato paste, thyme, bay leaf, rosemary, peppercorns and coriander seeds and continue to cook for a further 5 minutes. Stir to prevent the tomato paste fro