This recipe makes a big batch of roasted tomato sauce and you’ll need to buy a box of vine tomatoes. You will also need containers to portion it into and a freezer to keep them in. You could make less of it from scratch when you need it, but that misses the point. Its about convnience; having it in the freezer means you make tasty pasts dishes in the time it takes the pasta to cook. The sauce can then be used as base for all sorts of pasta dishes. See for example Daddy Pasta Surprise.
Use vine tomatoes to get the best flavour. This is best made when they are in season: big, ripe and cheap.
Equipment
- Roasting Tin(s)
- Food processor or blender
Ingredients
- Garlic cloves, sliced. You will need 1 slice for each tomato
- Olive Oil
- A box of vine tomatoes (the one in the picture has two layers, so about 48 tomatoes)
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
- Wash the tomatoes and dry.
- Cut the tomatoes in half and arrange them cut side up in a roasting tin, in a single layer.
- Peel the garlic cloves and cut into slices.
- Insert one slice of garlic into the flesh of each tomato.
- Drizzle the the tomatoes wth olive oil and grind over black pepper.
- Put the tomatoes into the oven and roast for 30 minutes.
- Remove the tomatoes and trasfer contents of the roating tin into the food processor.
- Blend the tomatoes until smooth. Leave to cool.
- Divide into containers and freeze.
Method with Pictures
- Pre-heat the oven to 180°C.
- Wash the tomatoes and dry.
- Cut the tomatoes in half and arrange them cut side up in a roasting tin, in a single layer.
- Peel the garlic cloves and cut into slices.
- Insert one slice of garlic into the flesh of each tomato.
  
 
- Drizzle the the tomatoes wth olive oil and grind over black pepper.
- Put the tomatoes into the oven and roast for 30 minutes.
 
- Remove the tomatoes and trasfer contents of the roating tin into the food processor.
- Blend the tomatoes until smooth. Leave to cool.
- Divide into containers and freeze.
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