Spicy Tomato Pasta Sauce
Ingredients
- 6 tomatoes, diced
- 20 cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 and 1/2 large red onion, finely diced
- 5 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1 red chilli, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried rosemary
- 1 tsp good pepper
- 2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp brown sugar
- Salt to taste
Preparation
Pour cooking oil into a large sauté pan on a medium to low heat.
Once oil is heated add onion and sauté on low heat until soft and translucent.
Add garlic and red chilli. Cook until raw smell disappears.
Add tomato paste and stir into the ingredients until it deepens in colour.
Add diced tomatoes and sauté until they break down.
Add herbs, seasoning, balsamic vinegar and sugar and stir everything well.
Taste for all seasoning and spice.
Cook the sauce for 5 minutes for ingredients to combine.
Take it off the heat and let it cool.
Once cooled blitz the sauce until smooth-ish.
Get the sauce back on a low heat and chuck in the halved cherry tomatoes.
Cook until the tomatoes soften, then serve up with your fave pasta and top with Parmesan or not if you’re vegan.