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Simple tomato sauce

Frank Camorra
Frank Camorra

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Meatballs with a simple tomato sauce.
Meatballs with a simple tomato sauce.Marina Oliphant
easyTime:1-2 hoursServes:6

There are many meatball-friendly sauces, including this simple tomato one. Cooking the tinned tomatoes in the oven intensifies the flavour. This sauce is also perfect for potato gnocchi.

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Ingredients

  • 2 x 400g tins whole peeled tomatoes

  • 80g salted butter

  • Salt and ground black pepper

Method

  1. Pour tomatoes into a roasting tray and bake in the oven at 160 degrees for about an hour or until the tomatoes are dry on top. Remove tray from oven and crush tomatoes with a potato masher. You don't want to puree them, just break them into even pieces.

    In a heavy-based pot, heat the butter until it turns nut brown, then add the tomato - be careful as it may spit a little. Season then simmer for a few minutes. Remove from heat; you don't want to overcook it

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Frank CamorraFrank Camorra is chef and co-owner of MoVida Sydney and Melbourne's MoVida Bar De Tapas.

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