Quick Tomato Sauce
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
2 1/4 cups
- Serves:
- 3-4
ingredients
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole canned tomatoes
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 jalapeno (optional)
- 1⁄2 cup onion, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
- 1 bay leaf
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1⁄4 cup sun-dried tomato packed in oil, drained and chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano, finely chopped
directions
- Open the can of tomatoes and pour off the juice into a bowl.
- Use the lid to press against the tomatoes to extract as much juice as possible.
- Then use your hand to squeeze the tomatoes to a pulp.
- Reserve the juice and pulp separately and set the empty can aside.
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy saucepan over medium high heat until hot.
- If using the jalapeno, tilt the pan to collect the oil in a little pool against the side and drop the jalapeno into the oil.
- Cook until lightly brown, about 2 minutes.
- Remove the jalapeno and reserve.
- Add the onion to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 2 minutes.
- Add the garlic and cook briefly until light gold.
- Add the tomato juice and bring to a boil.
- Simmer rapidly for several minutes.
- Add the crushed tomato pulp.
- Then rinse the remaining pulp out of the can by filling it halfway with water and add that to the pan.
- Add the bay leaf, jalapeno, if using, and salt and pepper, to taste, and return to a boil.
- Add the sun-dried tomatoes and stir.
- Lower the heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally to prevent scorching, until the mixture thickens and the tomatoes have turned an orange red, about 30 minutes.
- Add the oregano halfway through the cooking.
- Discard the bay leaf.
- Peel, seed and mash the jalapeno with a spoonful of the sauce and add back to sauce.
- Variation for quick tomato sauce: substitute 2 pounds vine ripened tomatoes for the canned tomatoes.
- Peel the tomatoes, cut in 1/2 crosswise, and squeeze out the juice and seeds over a sieve suspended over a bowl.
- Chop the tomatoes.
- Proceed as directed, omitting the dried tomatoes and using jalapeno, if desired.
- The recipe may be increased proportionately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sarah
Australia