Bad Day Salvage Pasta Sauce

Name: Bad Day Salvage Pasta Sauce
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Olive or other oil; 250 g unsmoked bacon; 4 shallots, chopped; 3 cloves garlic, chopped; 3 sticks celery, chopped; 1/2 yellow pepper, chopped; 250 g cherry tomatoes, quartered; 1 (400 g) tin chopped tomatoes; 250 ml dry white wine (I used moderately-sweet Austrian Grüner Veltliner coz twas already open); 1 tsp sugar; Salt (I usually use Sea Salt); 1 tsp dried thyme; 1 tsp dried rosemary; 1 tbsp dried oregano; 2 tbsp paprika; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper; Pasta of your choice; to taste Parmesan cheese

John A @JohnA

Essex

Suffice it to say that, if it hadn’t defrosted after the freezer door had inadvertently been left open, then it’d gone off in the heat anyhow! And going to the shops was impossible. Plus, we’d been running stocks down prior to a big delivery. But T beckoned so this is what I rustled up and we enjoyed.

So this sauce was made from what I could salvage. I couldn’t add to the ingredients coz I didn’t have any more. #mycookbook

John A @JohnA

Essex

So this sauce was made from what I could salvage. I couldn’t add to the ingredients coz I didn’t have any more. #mycookbook

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Ingredients

40-50 minutes including prep

4 servings

Olive or other oil
250 gunsmoked bacon
4shallots, chopped
3 clovesgarlic, chopped
3 stickscelery, chopped
1/2yellow pepper, chopped
250 gcherry tomatoes, quartered
1 (400 g)tin chopped tomatoes
250 mldry white wine (I used moderately-sweet Austrian Grüner Veltliner coz twas already open)
1 tspsugar
Salt (I usually use Sea Salt)
1 tspdried thyme
1 tspdried rosemary
1 tbspdried oregano
2 tbsppaprika
1 tspsmoked paprika
1/2 tspcayenne pepper
Pasta of your choice
to tasteParmesan cheese

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Steps

40-50 minutes including prep

1

Fry the bacon in oil, set aside on kitchen paper and cut Into small pieces.
2

Heat more oil and fry the shallots for 3 minutes, stirring only to avoid sticking.
3

Add the garlic, fry for another minute and the add the pepper and celery and fry on a medium- high heat for a further 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4

Stir in both types of tomato and increase the heat. Add the wine and bring to the boil, stirring gently but frequently.
5

Stir in the herbs and spices (not too much salt) and add the sugar.
6

Add back the bacon. Stir thoroughly but gently and cook on a fast simmer for 20 minutes.
7

Serve with the pasta of your choice and garnish with Parmesan cheese to taste.

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John A @JohnA

on August 12, 2020 18:17

Essex

I use fresh, locally-sourced and seasonal ingredients wherever possible and seek to avoid food waste with my “Use-up” recipes. #WastenotWantnotMy wife and I love travelling and exploring different cuisines but never under-estimate traditional British cooking: every country has something to offer, including in the field of home cooking. Cookpad UK Ambassador.