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Spicy pepper and tomato sauce recipe

Spicy pepper and tomato sauce recipe

2 ratings

Created by The Tesco Real Food team

Spend an afternoon making a batch of delicious homemade tomato sauce. It's super-versatile and packed with veggies. Use it to top pizzas, stir through pasta or use as a base for curries and chillies. Once you've tried homemade, you'll never look back! See method

Ingredients

  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 3 celery sticks, chopped
  • 3 medium carrots, scrubbed and grated
  • 480g jar roasted red peppers, drained and chopped
  • 1 courgette, grated
  • 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes​
  • a few drops of Tabasco
2 of your 5-a-day and high in vitamin C

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    445kj
    107kcal     5%

  • Fat

    5g 7%

  • Saturates

    1g 4%

  • Sugars

    10g 11%

  • Salt

    0.5g 8%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 11.6g Protein 2g Fibre 3.4g

Method

  1. Heat the oil in a lidded saucepan over a medium-high heat and fry the onions for 5-8 mins until translucent. Stir in the garlic, celery and carrots, and cook for 5 mins. 
  2. Add the peppers, courgette and tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 mins or until thickened. Stir in the Tabasco to taste, then blitz with a stick blender to make a smooth sauce. Leave to cool before transferring to the fridge for up to 3 days or freezing for up to 3 months.

Tip: Check out three ways to use the sauce.

Freezing and defrosting guidelines

In order to enjoy optimum flavour and quality, frozen items are best used within 3 months of their freezing date. For more tips on freezing and defrosting food, read our article Love Your Freezer.

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