Cut a small cross in the bottom of each tomato, blanch 30 seconds in boiling water, transfer to cold water and peel. Cut the tomatoes into large dice and remove most of the seeds.
KnifeStoveWide, shallow pot
2
In a bowl, mix the tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and oregano with the salt.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot
3
Add and fry 3 minutes, until the peppers soften.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
4
Add and stir about a minute, until fragrant.
⚙ SimmeringStove
💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
5
Add the basil leaves to the finished sauce.
6
Partly blend the sauce with an immersion blender, to the texture you like.
Stick blender
7
Pour the sauce into a clean jar and close it; it keeps in the refrigerator up to 5 days.
JarRefrigerator
148calories
3 gprotein
10 gcarbs
11 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 26%● fat 66%
Per serving (271 g), of 4 servings
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⚖ About the ingredients
Tomatoes: measured in pieces: one ≈ 150 g · 18 kcal per 100 g · More about Tomatoes →
Garlic: measured in pieces: one ≈ 5 g · 149 kcal per 100 g · More about Garlic →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Oregano: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 1 g · 265 kcal per 100 g · More about Oregano →
Salt: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 6 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Black pepper: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 2.4 g · 251 kcal per 100 g · More about Black pepper →
🔧 Tools needed (6) · 🍳 One cooking vessel
Refrigerator· Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
Stick blender· Also works: Blender (Blend in batches in a blender; more dishes, careful with the heat)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Masher (Coarse texture)
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Wide, shallow pot· Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)
Knife· Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
Jar· Also works: Storage container (None)
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