Basic tomato sauce with herbs

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1 serving Prep: 20 mins, Cooking: 20 mins
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By Food24 November 03 2009
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Ingredients (9)

90.00 ml fresh chillies — 573
1.00 onion — chopped
1.00 celery stalks — finely chopped
1.00 carrots — finely chopped
2.00 cloves garlic — cloves, crushed
1.20 kg tomatoes — peeled, chopped
100.00 g fresh Italian parsley — chopped
10.00 ml salt and freshly ground black pepper — to taste
100.00 g fresh basil — shredded
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Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.
Add the onion, celery, carrot and garlic and
sauté the vegetables over medium heat until
they are soft. Add the tomatoes and parsley
and season with salt and freshly ground
black pepper. Simmer over a medium heat
for about 20 minutes or until the tomatoes
form a thick sauce.

2. Add the basil at the end of the cooking
time. Allow the sauce to cool slightly and
then purée it in a food processor.

Makes: about 700ml



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