Simple tomato sauce
Feb 28, 1975 1:00pm- 2 hrs 30 mins cooking
- Makes 7 Cup
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Ingredients
Simple tomato sauce
- 1/3 cup (80ml) olive oil
- 4 onions (320g), chopped finely
- 20 tomatoes (4kg)
- 8 clove garlic, crushed
- 2/3 cup finely chopped fresh basil
- salt and pepper, to taste
Method
Simple tomato sauce
- 1Heat oil in large pan, add onions; cook, covered, over low heat, 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 2Meanwhile peel, seed and chop the tomatoes.
- 3Add garlic to pan; cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add tomatoes; bring to the boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, about 1½ hours or until mixture is the consistency of a pasta sauce. Stir in basil; cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes then season to taste with salt and pepper.
- 4Pour sauce into freezer containers leaving 1-2cm above sauce for expansion. Cover, cool in refrigerator.