Rich Vegetable Sauce
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Soften the onion in olive oil, then add the garlic and chilli and toss until the scent wafts up. Throw in the tomato chunks and a good splash of stock. Turn together and bring to a hefty simmer, then add the basil. After softening for a little while add the sliced peppers, tomato concentrate and season to taste adding sugar if necessary. Once the peppers begin to collapse, about 10 mins, pour into a blender and pulse until thick but still lumpy (the texture is important). Taste for seasoning or tomato concentrate. I sometimes use a little soy as well.
Soften the onion in olive oil, then add the garlic and chilli and toss until the scent wafts up. Throw in the tomato chunks and a good splash of stock. Turn together and bring to a hefty simmer, then add the basil. After softening for a little while add the sliced peppers, tomato paste and season to taste adding sugar if necessary. Once the peppers begin to collapse, about 10 mins, pour into a blender and pulse until thick but still lumpy (the texture is important). Taste for seasoning or tomato paste. I sometimes use a little soy as well.
Introduction
This is very versitile. I like it over left-over cold meat like gammon or chicken, but you could use it in a vegetable lasagne, boost the chilli content and use coconut milk insted of stock for a curry, or concentrate down after blending to coat pasta.
This is very versitile. I like it over left-over cold meat like gammon or chicken, but you could use it in a vegetable lasagne, boost the chilli content and use coconut milk insted of stock for a curry, or concentrate down after blending to coat pasta.
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Ingredients
Serves: 2-4
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- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- 1 clove garlic (a fat clove, squashed with a knife)
- 1 green chilli (deseeded and roughly chopped)
- 2 beef tomatoes (peeled and chopped into large chunks)
- chicken stock
- 1 handful basil leaves (a good handful, roughly torn)
- 2 green peppers (sliced)
- salt
- pepper
- gram sugar
- 2 tablespoons tomato concentrate
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- 1 clove garlic (a fat clove, squashed with a knife)
- 1 green chile (deseeded and roughly chopped)
- 2 beef tomatoes (peeled and chopped into large chunks)
- chicken broth
- 1 handful basil leaves (a good handful, roughly torn)
- 2 green bell peppers (sliced)
- salt
- pepper
- gram sugar
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
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