Name: My everyday tomato sauce
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 kilogram ripe tomatoes, hulled and roughly chopped; 3 onions, diced; 3 clove garlic, chopped; 1 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 cup white wine vinegar; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 cup water; 1/2 cup tomato paste; 12 peppercorns; 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika; 3 bay leaves; 3.5 thyme

My everyday tomato sauce

It’s great to have a sauce that works with everything, and the best bit about this one is that you know what’s in it.

Serves 8

Cook

1H 30M

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Ingredients

2 kilogram ripe tomatoes, hulled and roughly chopped

3 onions, diced

3 clove garlic, chopped

1 1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup white wine vinegar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 cup water

1/2 cup tomato paste

12 peppercorns

1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika

3 bay leaves

3.5 thyme

Method

1.Combine ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for 1 hour.

2.Remove the bay leaves and thyme, and blend the sauce with a stick blender or whizz in food processor until a smooth.

3.Pass the sauce through a colander or sieve, if you prefer no seeds, and return to the saucepan.

4.Season to taste and bring back to the boil before ladling into clean, hot jars.

5.Seal while hot, or store the ready-to-eat sauce in jars in the fridge.

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