Tomato and basil sauce, delicious recipe
Tomato sauce with basil is a versatile preparation that will be useful to you in the preparation of first, second courses, pizza, various gravies. It can be served as an addition to pasta, pasta and cereal casseroles, meatballs, baked or fried meat, fish, chicken.
To prepare for the winter you will need a minimum of ingredients: tomatoes, fresh basil (for lack of it can be replaced with dried), garlic and hot pepper. To improve the taste, you can add a fraction of ground pepper or Provencal herbs.
The thickness of the sauce is adjusted during the cooking process - the longer it is cooked, the thicker the final product will turn out. Tomatoes are better to take fleshy - they are well boiled soft and give less juice. The recipe is not complicated and the power of every hostess.
Ingredients:
- ripe fleshy tomatoes - 500 gr;
- hot pepper - 0.5 pod;
- garlic - 2-3 slices;
- Provence herbs - 0.5 tsp;
- fresh basil - 2-3 sprigs;
- salt - 0.5 tsp;
- sugar - 1 tsp.
How to cook tomato sauce with basil
It is not necessary to remove the skin from tomatoes, but if you want to make a homogeneous sauce, first pour the boiling water over the tomatoes, remove the skin and then cut into quarters.
Prepared tomatoes together with chopped basil lay in a blender. Grind in mashed potatoes.
Pour the tomato puree into a dipper or a thick-bottomed saucepan and set on low heat.
After boiling lush foam will collect on the surface. In the process of cooking, it gradually comes down, but you can not wait, but pick it up with a spoon and continue cooking the sauce.
Cut into small pieces chilli, garlic rubbed through a grater. After boiling, cook the sauce for 10-15 minutes, add the pepper and garlic. Cook the sauce for another ten minutes or longer, depending on the desired thickness.
At the end of cooking, add salt, sugar and Provencal herbs (you can put black pepper or dried basil instead). Give the sauce to simmer for a few minutes, taste it.
Sterilize jars with a volume of 250-300 ml. over steam or roast in oven. Fill with boiling sauce, spin the lids.
Cool the prepared sauce to room temperature and store it in a pantry or place it in a kitchen cabinet. Successful to you preparations!
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