Tomato & basil sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 350ml
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 400g can chopped tomatoes
- 1 tsp vegetable stock powder or ½ crumbled stock cube
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 tsp sugar
- few basil leaves
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the olive oil in a pan, add the garlic clove, then gently fry for 1 min.
- STEP 2
Tip in the chopped tomatoes, vegetable stock powder, tomato purée and sugar, then bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, then simmer uncovered for 5 mins, stirring occasionally.
- STEP 3
To finish, tear a few basil leaves, then stir into the sauce.
