Seven Vegetable Sauce

A community recipe by Crafty Cookie

Not tested or verified by Nigella.com

Introduction

A super sauce for pasta. Chilli can be added to the sauce for an extra 'kick'. The vegetables can be altered to suit your own personal tastes. If you thickn the sauce it can be used as a spread for pizza bases. If you dilute the sauce with vegetable stock this can be turned into a soup. Any excess of the sauce can be successfully frozen at -18 degrees centigrade for 1 month.

Ingredients

Serves: 4

1 clove garlic (finely chopped)
2 onions (chopped finely)
2 carrots (grated)
2 courgettes (grated)
2 tins tomatoes
1 butternut squash (peeled and grated)
2 red peppers (finely chopped)
1 parsnip (peeled and grated)
1 pinch of oregano (a large pinch)
1 bay leaf (cracked)
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of pepper

Method

Seven Vegetable Sauce is a community recipe submitted by Crafty Cookie and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.

Fry the garlic, onion, carrots, red peppers, courgettes, parsnip, butternut squash, until softened but not coloured, about 10 minutes.

Add the tomatoes, salt and pepper, oregano, bay leaf.

Simmer for 30 mins or until thickened to your liking.

Blitz to a puree.

Reheat, pour over pasta and toss well. Serve in hot pasta bowls, with grated parmesan on the top.