Basic Pasta Sauce
Enough for 15 individual meals
Not only does this recipe make sufficient sauce for 15 individual meals, it can also be used as a basis for other sauces and dishes. It will keep for up to 5 days. Store the unused sauce in the fridge and make sure that you bring it to the boil when reheating it.
Ingredients
3 small onions, finely chopped
1-2 frozen lamb chops or a small pack lamb fillet cut into largish chunks [optional]
3 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp dried or freshly chopped basil
2 tubes tomato purée
3 400g cans chopped tomatoes
4 tsp salt
5 tbsp sugar
200 ml red wine [optional]
3 cans water (use the ones the chopped tomatoes came in)
Method
- Add the olive oil to a large pan and gently fry the onions, basil and meat
- Once the onions have softened, add the chopped tomatoes, tomato purée and wine
- Add the 3 cans of water and bring the pan to a boil
- Add the salt and sugar
- Allow to simmer on a low heat, stirring regularly
- The right taste is not reached until the sauce has been cooking for at least 30 minutes
- After then, taste and add more water, salt and sugar as needed
- Continue to simmer for at least another 30 minutes or more (the longer the better). Remember to keep stirring it at regular intervals.
