Theodore Kyriakou's Tomato Sauce
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Yields:
-
3 jars tomato sauce
ingredients
- 2 kg plum tomatoes (if you are making this in the wrong season for tomatoes, use 1 kg of good passata)
- 4 garlic cloves, peeled but left whole
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 cm cinnamon sticks
- 250 g shallots, peeled and sliced lengthways, but not chopped
- 230 ml olive oil
- sea salt, to taste
- fresh ground black pepper, to taste
directions
- Skin the tomatoes by scoring them and dropping them into boiling water and counting to 10 before removing them. Drain, rub the skin off, de-seed and roughly chop.
- Add the tomatoes to a large pot with garlic, bay leaves and cinnamon.
- Add enough water to barely cover them and bring them to the boil; skim, then turn the heat down and cook for 20 minutes, skimming occasionally.
- Add the shallots and continue to cook, uncovered, until they are soft, about 35-45 minutes. By then the tomatoes should have lost most of their liquid and the sauce should be beginning to thicken.
- Season to taste and stir in 200 ml (just over 3/4 cup) of olive oil, and cook for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove the sauce from the heat and while it is still hot, put it into a sterilised preserving jar. Float the remaining olive oil across the surface of the sauce to act as a seal.
- Allow to cool and store in the fridge where it will keep for 3-4 months.
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