Tomato & Basil Pasta / Pizza Sauce

The quantities of ingredients shown for this recipe are for a bulk batch that will give you 3 servings of pasta sauce (to feed 1 baby and 3 adults) and 1 serving of pizza sauce (to feed 1 baby and 4 adults). Once made the sauce can be boxed up and frozen to be defrosted when needed.

Ingredients

• 18 tomatoes
• 3 red onions
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2tbsp oil
• 25g basil

Method

1. Score a cross in the bottom of each tomato, place in boiling water for 5 minutes then drain.
2. Dice the onion and garlic.
3. Place the oil and onion in an extra large pan and cook on a medium/high heat for 4 minutes.
4. Add the garlic and reduce to a low heat and cook for a further minute.
5. Remove the skin of the tomatoes (it should just peel away from the cross in the bottom) and dice. 
6. Tear up the basil and add to the pan along with the diced tomatoes. Cook for a further 20 minutes.
7. Remove from the heat and allow to cool slightly before blitzing in a food processor, (depending on the size of your processor you may need to do this in batch).
8. Box in airtight containers and refrigerate or freeze until needed.