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Easy Spanish Tomato Sauce

Filed under: Spanish Recipes — Tags: , , — John @ 5:44 pm May 31, 2010

Recipe: Tomate Frito

Summary: This delicious versatile  sauce is easy to make and can be eaten warm,with meatballs for example or cold to acompany salads or a BBQ meat dish. Also makes a great base for any pasta dish.


Ingredients

  • 1 kg ripe tomatoes
  • 3 soup spoons of cold olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 medium onion
  • Salt
  • Basil
  • 1 clove garlic

Instructions

  1. Put the oil in a frying pan and fry the chopped onion and garlic for about four minutes
  2. Peel and chop the tomatoes and add them to the onion and garlic
  3. With the edge of a spatula mash the tomatoes, onion and garlic up as they cook, for about 15 minutes on a moderate heat. When the mixture is cooked, take off the heat and liquidize so that you are left with a thick tomato sauce
  4. Chop some leaves of basil, and add this together with the salt and sugar

Cooking time (duration): 30 mins

Culinary tradition: Spanish

My rating:4 stars: ★★★★☆

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Breakfast – Andalucian Style

Filed under: Spanish Recipes — Tags: , , , , , — John @ 9:33 am May 29, 2010

Recipe: Tostados

Summary: I always thought this was a typical breakfast of Spain. I now know that it is actually the typical breakfast of Andalucia.

Ingredients

  • A day old barra (baguette)
  • A peeled clove of garlic
  • Extra virgin olive oil
  • Fresh tomato

Instructions

  1. Slice the barra lengthwise and toast until golden.
  2. Rub the toasted side with the garlic clove all over.
  3. Take the tomato and slice in half and rub vigourously over the toast.
  4. Drizzle lots and lots of olive oil onto the toast let it soak in.
  5. Add a little salt to taste.

Cooking time (duration): 5 mins

Meal type: breakfast

Culinary tradition: Spanish

My rating:2 stars: ★★☆☆☆


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