Tomato sauce

Name: Tomato sauce
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: South African
Ingredients: 5 ripe tomatoes; 1 onion, chopped; 1 small can tomato paste; 1/4 cup tomato sauce (no ketchup please); pinch basil; olive oil; 1 tbsp brown sugar; salt and pepper

Xander @cook_3970326

Rustenburg

I love tomatoes and I love using this sauce everwhere! From meatball sauce to a bbq relish! Enjoy!

Xander @cook_3970326

Rustenburg

I love tomatoes and I love using this sauce everwhere! From meatball sauce to a bbq relish! Enjoy!

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Ingredients

50 mins

2 servings

5ripe tomatoes
1onion, chopped
1 smallcan tomato paste
1/4 cuptomato sauce (no ketchup please)
pinchbasil
olive oil
1 tbspbrown sugar
salt and pepper

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Steps

50 mins

1

bring the onion and oil in a medium pot to simmer on the stove top.
2

Remove the top part of the tomatoes where the stems where, quarter them, add brown sugar(sugar brings out the taste of the tomatoes), salt and pepper.
3

Cook the onions till translucent then add the tomatoes and put the lid on the pot.
4

Leave covered on low heat until the tomatoes are cooked soft, use a fork/masher to break up and mush the tomatoes
5

Add the tomato paste, tomato sauce and basil to the pot and mix well, leave to simmer for a additional 10-20min.
6

Sauce can be left to simmer until ready to serve, just stir occasionally. Serve with your favourite pasta dish. If you want hotter version remove the basil and add a chopped chillie or a table spoon of dried chilli pieces to the onions when cooking them soft, also add a teaspoon of hot sauce when you add the tomato paste.