Frugal Tomato Sauce

Name: Frugal Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6 cups, 10 serving(s)
Ingredients: 25 g margarine; 125 g onions (roughly chopped); 125 g carrots (roughly chopped); 60 g celery (roughly chopped); 2 garlic cloves; 1 bay leaf; 3 sprigs thyme; 25 g flour; 25 g bacon, scraps (rind is ok); 125 g tomato concentrate; 1 liter stock; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon salt

Submitted by Wild Thyme Flour

"I make this tomato sauce when tomatoes aren't in season. This recipe makes about 1.5 liters so I freeze it in ziplock bags. The bacon scraps are essential as they give this sauce a smokey flavour. Keep bacon scraps or rinds for this use, I freeze mine and each time I make this sauce I take some out from the freezer. This recipe is from the first book I bought for catering school 'practical cookery'"

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 13
Yields:: 6 cups
Serves:: 10

ingredients

25 g margarine
125 g onions (roughly chopped)
125 g carrots (roughly chopped)
60 g celery (roughly chopped)
2 garlic cloves
1 bay leaf
3 sprigs thyme
25 g flour
25 g bacon, scraps (rind is ok)
125 g tomato concentrate
1 liter stock
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon salt

directions

Melt the margerine in the pan, add the roughly chopped vegetables, garlic, bayleaf, thyme and bacon scraps and brown slightly.
Mix in the flour and cook to a sandy texture. allow to colour slightly.
Mix in the tomato concentrate, remove from fire.
Gradually add in the boiling stock , bring to the boil. Simmer for 1 hour.
Remove the bay leaf, bacon rind and thyme sprigs and blend to achieve a nice smooth consistency.

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Wild Thyme Flour

I live in a beautiful village on the island of Malta ( Europe) with my wonderful daughter, partner and two cats. I love the vineyards infront of my house or walking down to the valley of olive trees. ( I do pick olives every year) Some years ago I stopped working as a chef but still do a lot of home cooking. What I miss are the expensive ingredients I worked with, its rather hard cooking on a tight budget. My aim is to produce recipes that are very economical and yet nutritious. <img src="http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/susied214/permanent%20collection/IWasAdoptedfall08.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"> <img src="http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j166/ZaarNicksMom/PACsticker-Adopted.jpg"> <embed src="http://babystrology.com/tickers/baby-ticker-glass.swf?parent=Mommy&year=2010&month=7&day=28&babycount=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="120" height="180"></embed>

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