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Quick tomato sauce
Serves 4 Sauces and accompaniments
Ingredients
- 5 cloves garlic, chopped
- 500g ripe vine tomatoes, skinned
- 4tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- a few leaves of basil, oregano or flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
Method
Crush the chopped garlic with ½tsp salt using the back of a heavy knife to make a paste. Cut the tomatoes in half, remove the core and squeeze into a sieve set over a bowl to remove some of the seeds. Cut into small pieces and put into a bowl along with the juices from the board.
Put the oil in a large saucepan with the garlic over a medium-high heat. As soon as the garlic makes a fizzing sound stir well and add the tomatoes right away so the garlic doesn’t burn. It will splatter a lot to begin with. Add the herbs, grind in plenty of pepper and stir well. Simmer for 5 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
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