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Tomato sauce

by Adrian
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everyone can do this with stuff that is typically already available in most households

Tomato sauce

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Serves: 4 Prep Time: Cooking Time:
Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Ingredients

  • 800g can of Pelati
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
  • Onion
  • clove of garlic
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ground pepper
  • Ground pimento dioica (also called allspice, jamaica pepper, clove pepper)
  • dried Italian herbs
  • some leaves of Basil
  • Parmesan

Instructions

  1. cut the onions into small cubes and press the garlic clove. Cut the basil into strips.
  2. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté the onions. Add the pressed garlic and sauté until they are slightly brownish
  3. Add the pelati (with sauce), tomato puree, dried herbs, 1 teaspoon salt, ground pepper and two pinches of Allspice , Basiland bring to the boil. Crush the pelati with a wooden spoon.
  4. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes (better 30-40 minutes better) at low to medium heat. If the sauce is too thin, add some tomato puree and/or pour off excess liquid through a large sieve.
  5. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.