The Fair Trade Cook Book
The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK
Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World

Tomato Sauce

This is a nice little ( English) recipe that can be scaled up to cook in bulk, and then frozen in portions for future use.
Add a little veg (see variations) and you have a Red Sauce as a condiment to (Italian ) Bollito Misto.
Related to a the fiery salsa sauce from Mexico.

Ingredients

30 ml	sunflower oil
1	medium onion peeled and chopped
1	clove garlic, peeled and chopped
120 ml	FAIRTRADE red wine
30 ml	FAIRTRADE lemon juice
30ml	Tomato Puré
15ml	FAIRTRADE lime juice
400g	can of chopped tomatoes
	Salt and freshly ground FAIRTRADE black pepper to season
2.5 ml	Fair Trade ground cumin
2.5 ml	Fair Trade ground coriander
2.5 ml	Fair Trade chilli powder
2	Fair Trade bay leaves
FAIRTRADE	Sources Fresh food Lemons Spices Wine

Method

In a saucepan fry the onions and garlic at medium heat until starting to turn translucent.
Add the cumin, coriander and chilli powder and bay leaves and fry for a minute or so. Don't worry if the spices and oil form a layer on the bottom of the pan.
Add the lemon juice, the lime juice, the wine and the tomato puré.
Heat through.
Add the tomatoes and heat through.
Use a food blender pulverise the mixture until it is liquid.
Return to the heat and continue to simmer until it reaches the thickness that you need.
Use

To serve

Can be used with:
Pasta
Real Beans on Toast.
Bollito Misto.

Variation

1) For a real zing add either:
5ml Fair Trade piri piri or
10ml Tabasco sauce