Tomato sauce for pasta
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Makes 350ml
Easy
Prep: 5 mins
Cook: 10 mins
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Save time and money with this simple and easy tomato and basil pasta sauce. It's also goes well with meat or fish, as well as a pizza topping.
Easily doubled
Freezable
Egg-free
Nut-free
Vegan
Vegetarian
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Ingredients
Nutrition
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1 tbsp olive oil
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1 garlic clove
crushed
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400g can chopped tomatoes
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1 tsp vegetable stock
powder or ½ crumbled stock cube
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1 tbsp tomato purée
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few basil leaves
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Nutrition: per serving
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kcal55
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fat3g
low
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saturates0.4g
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carbs5g
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sugars5g
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fibre1g
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protein1g
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salt0.02g
low
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Method
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step 1
Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the garlic clove, then gently fry for 1 min.
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step 2
Tip in the chopped tomatoes, vegetable stock powder, tomato purée and 1 tsp sugar, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, then simmer uncovered for 5 mins, stirring occasionally.
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step 3
To finish, tear a few basil leaves, then stir into the sauce.
RECIPE TIPS
CREAMY MASCARPONE
Stir 2 tbsp mascarpone into the sauce at the end of the cooking time. Delicious poured over fresh tortellini, topped with a few more spoonfuls of cheese, then baked until bubbling at the edges.
SPICY ARRABIATA
Use 2 garlic cloves and add a good pinch each of chilli flakes and dried oregano. Stir in 1 tsp balsamic vinegar to serve.
SWEET SPICED SAUCE
Omit the basil and add 2 tsp honey and ½ tsp each ground cinnamon and coriander instead of the sugar. Try it with lamb meatballs and couscous, or served with chicken.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2008
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