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1 recipe = 4 dinners: Tomato and vegetable sauce

  • Time to make: 40 mins
  • Serving: 4 people (makes 1 quantity – about 4 cups)
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • 1 onion, chopped
    • 3 stalks celery, chopped
    • 1 leek, chopped
    • ½ cup dry white wine
    • ½ cup hot water
    • 400g can whole tomatoes in juice
    • 410g can tomato purée
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan. Add onion and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add celery and leek and cook, stirring, for 10 minutes until soft.

    2 Add wine and hot water and bubble for 5 minutes until the liquid has almost evaporated. Add the tomatoes and tomato purée and stir with a wooden spoon. Simmer for 10 minutes, uncovered, until the sauce starts to thicken.

    3 Cool and refrigerate for up to 5 days, freeze for up to 3 months, or use immediately in one of these recipes:

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    HFG tip

    This sauce freezes brilliantly, so double the recipe if you like and freeze a batch for speedy weeknight dinners.

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