Hot Tomato Sauce
Serves:
Ingredients:
2
tb
Oil, olive
2
ts
Garlic minced
1
ts
Ginger, minced
1
c
Onion, chopped
1
c
Tomatoes (28oz) whole+puree
1
ts
Sambal oelek
1
ts
Soy sauce
Method:
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan.
Add the garlic and gingerroot and cook briefly then add the onion and cook until soft.
Add the tomatoes and puree breaking up the tomatoes with a wooden spoon.
Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes then add the sambal and soy sauce and simmer for 15 more minutes.
Run the sauce through the coarse blade of a food mill and save until needed.
To serve, reheat and correct seasonings to taste.
Makes 2 3/4 cups.
For a milder sauce, reduce the sambal.
May be stored for brief periods if refrigerated.
Serve with Cabbage Rolls, Spaghetti, Steamed Fish.