Dunkelheit

Tomato Sauce

This is a recipe for a general purpose tomato sauce that can be used for pasta dishes, as a base for other sauces, a dipping sauce or any practical application you would find for a tomato sauce!

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2x Cans of Tomatoes
• Basil (Fresh preferred but dried is fine.)
• Garlic (Fresh preferred. Powder, salt or “easy” garlic is fine.)

Directions

1. Peel and crush garlic.
2. Pour the oil into a pan or pot and bring to a medium heat.
3. Add garlic to the pan and fry until the garlic starts to brown.
4. Remove the garlic from the pan.
5. Tip the pot to one side and add the canned tomatoes to the top such that the tomatoes and their juices will roll into the oil.
6. Stir occasionally to prevent burning while bringing it to the boil.
7. Keep stirring to prevent burning.
8. Add basil.
9. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
10. You may now store the sauce or use it.

Notes:

• You can add tomato puree to the sauce whilst boiling to thicken.
• (Optional) After cooling, you can leave the sauce covered with a towel to ferment over night before storage.