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  • 15 Fully ripened medium to large tomatoes, halved
  • 1 Large, finely chopped red onion
  • 2 tbls Olive oil
  • 4 Pealed and chopped cloves of garlic
  • 1 tbls Finely chopped basil
  • 1 Desert sp Sundried tomato paste
  • 1 Desert sp Tomato puree
  • 1 tsp Course ground black pepper
  • Salt to taste
  • Makes approximately 1 ltr
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    Method

    • step 1

      Place the tomatoes, garlic, basil and black pepper into a blender and liquidise.
    • step 2

      Using a large frying pan gently fry the red onion in the olive oil until just golden. Add to blender and liquidise.
    • step 3

      Pour the blender contents into your large pan and bring to the boil. Add the sun dried tomato paste and tomato puree and thoroughly mix. Now gently simmer, stirring frequently for 10 - 15 minutes and reduce until you have the perfect passata.
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    A star rating of 5 out of 5.11 ratings

    jabbertaff

    Made this to go on home made pizza dough, really enhances the flavour of the dough coupled with mozzarella and few Basil leaves takes pizza to a new level.

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    Joe0088

    Great recipe for my glut of tomato’s.

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    chytrydew

    A star rating of 5 out of 5.

    So simple, but packed with flavour and carries a rich punch.

    Barbara Middlemast-Neal avatar

    Barbara Middlemast-Neal

    Desert spoon? Or deSert spoon? And shouldn't the garlic be peEled, not peAled? The BBC shouldn't get the spelling of very this basic wrong, should it? I'm happy to work as an editor, chaps!

    karlbridge01-2oIXXLM

    Although this comment was added 2 years ago, I couldn't resist the temptation to stir this 'recipe' more... Since when did 'very basic this wrong' conform to the rules of English grammar?! Also, it makes it pretty clear that 'customer recipes' are not tested by the BBC; therefore, by…

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