Hi All
The other day I felt like eating a beautiful tomato sauce with pasta. So I got some fresh basil and tomatoes from the vegetable market and made a fresh tomato sauce.
When I removed the tomato’s skin and seeds I thought that’s a lots of waste, so I am going to use it all.
Why? Not just to reduce waste but the tomato’s skin has lots of lycopene.
What is lycopene?
Oxidation within your body can lead to your skin aging, damage to cells and blood vessels, and a decline in organ function. One of the most effective antioxidants is Lycopene.
Lycopene works to prevent active enzymes from oxidizing.
You can choose different styles of sauce
1. Remove the skin and seeds parts and put them blender with balsamic and blend then mix other ingredients for a chunky sauce.
2. Leave the skin and seeds, cook it all together then put it in the blender for a smooth sauce.
I like a chunky tomato sauce how about you?
Uses for tomato sauce
This sauce can be used for pasta, chicken parmigiana, meat balls, baked white fish etc.
No waste chunk tomato pasta sauce
Ingredients
- 1 kg Roma tomato
- 2 each Onions
- 15 g Fresh basil
- 1.5 tsp Minced garlic
- 1 tsp Dried basil
- 1 tsp Dried oregano
- ¼ cup Balsamic vinegar
- 3 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 1 tbsp Salt
- ⅛ tsp Pepper
Instructions
- Slice across the top of the tomatoes to easily peel the tomato’s skin.
- Chop onions.
- Pick basil leaves.
- Chop the basil leaves
- Cook the tomatoes for 15 seconds in boiling water.
- Remove the tomatoes from the boing water and put them into cold water.
- Remove the tomatoes’ skin and seeds (don’t throw out them)
- Chop the tomatoes roughly.
- Put the tomato’s skin and seeds parts into a blender and add ¼ cup of balsamic vinegar and blend well.
- Put 3 tbsp of olive oil into a pot turn the heat to mid.
- Cook the onion until soft.
- Add 1.5 tsp garlic, 1tsp of dried basil, 1tsp of dried oregano, 2 tbsp of sugar, 1 tbsp of salt, and stir well.
- Add the chopped tomato and blended tomato skin and seeds and stir.
- Bring the sauce to the boil and then turn heat to low and simmer for 30mins.
- Add fresh basil and 1/8 tsp of pepper. Stir well and you’re done.
- Cool the sauce down and put into an airtight container or jar.
