Making a Tomato Sauce

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Le Cordon Bleu Complete Cooking Techniques

By Jeni Wright, Eric Treuille and Le Cordon Bleu

Published 1996

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A quick-cooking tomato sauce is indispensable - not only can it can be used on pizza and pasta, vegetables and meat, but it also forms the base of many classic European dishes. Here fresh plum tomatoes are used; in winter, use canned Italian plum tomatoes.
  1. Sweat finely chopped garlic, onion and carrot in olive oil over a moderate heat, 5-7 minutes.

  2. Add chopped ripe tomatoes, a little sugar and salt and pepper. Cook until soft, 10-15 minutes.

  3. Check seasoning. Use sauce as it is - or, to remove skins and seeds, work through a sieve to a coulis consistency.