Smoked tomato sauce (for using in other recipes)
This is not the only tomato sauce recipe I have – for example this one EasyLoCarb Tomato Sauce is much more involved, but better to use as a condiment as it’s stewed and has a more developed flavour.
This one is my easiest “go to” recipe for making a tomato component to use in other recipes, such as Tomato glazed chorizo for Tapas.
| Prep Time | 20 mins |
| Cook Time | 2 mins |
| Servings |
cup
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Ingredients
- 1 tomato 70g of pulp
- 5 leaves Fresh Basil around 3g
- 10 g Fire Roasted Red Peppers
- hickory chips for the smoker
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I live in a flat so can’t (alas) envisage me being able to invest in one of these babies until I move. But, my own way of getting the most out of tomatoes is to pop them in my knock off version of a one pot cooker, on it’s oven setting for about 25 minutes until they just start to catch. It roasts them really gently and seems to maximise the flavour. Then I just take a spud masher to them - I get a really unctuous tomato slurry. It works best with cherry toms. I find a standard supermarket punnet makes a nice quantity for a meal for 4.
I get a crate when they are just starting to get too ripe for the fruit and veg shop to sell … they are perfect for this and the ice cube trick means I can cook up 6-12 months worth of tom-sauce in an hour.
I’ve got serious smoker envy.
I actually used to do the same ice cube trick with home made baby food when I was weaning my kids. I could cook a month’s worth of baby meals in an afternoon and not have to feed my kids jars of weird gloop.
There are small indoor/outdoor smokers. Nordicware makes one-on amazon.
Lordy - just started looking at indoor smokers - I suspect I’ll soon be short of another bit of worktop space in the kitchen…
That being said - I already own a pressure cooker… http://www.seriouseats.com/2012/04/the-food-lab-my-favorite-cooking-hacks.html