Slow-roasted tomato base

Oven-roasted fresh tomato sauce

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Bowl of smooth red tomato sauce surrounded by oven-roasted tomatoes, garlic and basil

Roast 800 g of fresh San Marzano tomatoes with two garlic cloves and olive oil at 150 °C for about 90 minutes, then mash and season the tomatoes.

Method

  1. 01

    Preheat the oven

    Preheat the oven to 150 °C.

  2. 02

    Prepare the tomatoes

    Cut the tomatoes into chunks and arrange them in an ovenproof dish.

  3. 03

    Add oil and garlic

    Drizzle over the olive oil, then scatter the crushed garlic evenly across the tomatoes.

  4. 04

    Slow-roast the tomatoes

    Roast the tomatoes at 150 °C for about 1½ hours.

  5. 05

    Blend and season

    Mash the roasted tomatoes into a sauce. Season with salt and pepper, then add fresh or dried basil if using.

Useful checkpoints

Crush the garlic cloves before distributing them across the tomatoes with the olive oil.

Mash the tomatoes before seasoning; add fresh or dried basil at the end, or leave it out.

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