Vickys Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce, GF DF EF SF NF

Name: How to cook Vickys Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce, GF DF EF SF NF - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Us

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Vicky@Jacks Free-From Cookbook

Vickys Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce, GF DF EF SF NF

This recipe makes a big batch of sauce, 3 litres/ 14 cups, enough so you can freeze half for another time. If you've got kids that are a bit funny with vegetables this is a great solution until they become more comfortable with them in their usual form

Ingredient

Food ration :

8 servings

Cooking time :

60 mins

pumps spray oil

large onion, chopped

courgettes, chopped

carrots, chopped

medium leek, sliced

red bell peppers, chopped

6 cloves

garlic, chopped

x 400g cans of chopped tomatoes

2 tbsp

balsamic vinegar

sweetener tablet such as Hermestas brand or 1 tsp sugar (or to taste)

2 tbsp

dried oregano, 2 tbsp dried basil, 2 tsp black pepper and 1 tsp low-sodium salt (optional seasonings)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Heat the oil in a large non-stick frying pan and gently cook off the onion, leek, celery and carrots for 20 minutes or until softened

* Step 2

Add the peppers and cook for a further 10 minutes before adding the garlic, tomatoes, vinegar and sweetener

* Step 3

I like to pulse all my veggies in my food processor to cut the time taken for the first couple of steps. If using a food processor you can get away with not using any oil and you can throw everything in together and go straight to the simmering in step 4

* Step 4

Simmer gently, covered for 40 minutes then take off the heat and let cool

* Step 5

Puree smooth in a blender. If your kids don't mind specks in their sauce, add a handful of fresh basil to the blender. The dried herbs won't be so obvious but you can leave them out if you like. The sauce can be divided into portions and frozen for use at a later date. A quick idea is to cook 300g dry pasta off then drain and add into the reheated sauce. That will serve 4 adults using half of the sauce. Maybe serve topped with some parmesan-style cheese, or use as a bolognese base or lasagne sauce