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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. If I want to use this as a the basis for a meat sauce or chilli sauce I don't usually bother to peel the tomatoes, when I want a silky smooth sauce that runs beautifully I do peel them. | 2. You choose Peel tomatoes by covering with boiling water in a bowl for 5 minutes if you want the"smooth" recipe. | 3. Chop tomotoes into evenly sized pieces. | 4. Heat olive oil and sauté garlic and onion until soft. | 5. Add tomatoes, tomato pureé, Basil, salt and pepper. | 6. Simmer gently got 30-40 until it reduces a little. | 7. Serve as is, or put in a blender until smooth. | 8. For Chilli sauce, add 1/4-1/2 teaspoon chilli powder (to your preference) or fresh chillies. | 9. Adding browned minced meat makes a nice easy sauce for over pasta. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
tomato	450		ripe chopped	27931.0345	6193.4033	1457.2714	242.8786
olive oil	1	tablespoon		119.34	0.0	0.0	13.5
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
tomato puree	1 -2	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
garlic	1	clove	crushed	4.47	0.9918	0.1908	0.015
basil	2	tablespoons	chopped	1.219	0.1404	0.16699999999999998	0.0339
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper				-	-	-	-
chili powder				-	-	-	-
meat			minced	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.