Passata Sauce

sauce
italian

What you need

  • 1kg tomatoes, peeled, deseeded
  • 4 cloves garlic, peeled, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup chopped basil, loosely packed
  • 1 tbsp sundried tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1 tsp course ground black pepper.
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large red onion, diced
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • Salt to taste

How it’s done

Blend tomatoes, garlic, basil, sundried tomato and black pepper into a paste.

Gently fry the red onion in the olive oil until just golden. Add to blender and liquidise.

Pour the blender contents into a pot and bring to the boil.

Add the tomato paste and thoroughly mix.

Gently simmer, stirring frequently for 10 - 15 minutes and reduce until you have the perfect passata.