Vickys Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce, GF DF EF SF NF

Name: Vickys Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce, GF DF EF SF NF
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 8 pumps spray oil; 2 large onion, chopped; 2 courgettes, chopped; 4 carrots, chopped; 1 medium leek, sliced; 4 red bell peppers, chopped; 6 cloves garlic, chopped; 4 x 400g cans of chopped tomatoes; 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar; 1 sweetener tablet such as Hermestas brand or 1 tsp sugar (or to taste); 2 tbsp dried oregano, 2 tbsp dried basil, 2 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp low-sodium salt (optional seasonings)

Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook @allergyfriendlycook

Scotland

This recipe makes a big batch of sauce, 3 litres/ 14 cups, enough so you can freeze half for another time. If you've got kids that are a bit funny with vegetables this is a great solution until they become more comfortable with them in their usual form

Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook @allergyfriendlycook

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Ingredients

60 mins

8 servings

8pumps spray oil
2large onion, chopped
2courgettes, chopped
4carrots, chopped
1medium leek, sliced
4red bell peppers, chopped
6 clovesgarlic, chopped
4x 400g cans of chopped tomatoes
2 tbspbalsamic vinegar
1sweetener tablet such as Hermestas brand or 1 tsp sugar (or to taste)
2 tbspdried oregano, 2 tbsp dried basil, 2 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp low-sodium salt (optional seasonings)

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Steps

60 mins

1

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and gently cook off the onion, leek, celery and carrots for 20 minutes or until softened
2

Add the peppers and cook for a further 10 minutes before adding the garlic, tomatoes, vinegar and sweetener
3

I like to pulse all my veggies in my food processor to cut the time taken for the first couple of steps. If using a food processor you can get away with not using any oil and you can throw everything in together and go straight to the simmering in step 4
4

Simmer gently, covered for 40 minutes then take off the heat and let cool
5

Puree smooth in a blender. If your kids don't mind specks in their sauce, add a handful of fresh basil to the blender. The dried herbs won't be so obvious but you can leave them out if you like. The sauce can be divided into portions and frozen for use at a later date. A quick idea is to cook 300g dry pasta off then drain and add into the reheated sauce. That will serve 4 adults using half of the sauce. Maybe serve topped with some parmesan-style cheese, or use as a bolognese base or lasagne sauce
6

If you can't use tomatoes use the same weight of my Tomato-Free Tomato Sauce recipe instead

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Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook @allergyfriendlycook

on March 01, 2016 14:41

Scotland

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