Simple Creole Tomato Sauce

Recipe Ingredients

2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Diced onion
1/4 cup	36g / 1.3oz	Diced green pepper
1 tablespoon	15ml	Chopped garlic
2 tablespoons	30ml	Tomato paste
3 cups	187g / 6.6oz	Tomato concasse
		(peeled, seeded and diced tomatoes)
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 tablespoons	30ml	Chiffonade of fresh basil
		(leaves stacked, rolled, thinly sliced)
		Extra basil chiffonade - for garnish

Recipe Instructions

In a shallow saucepan heat oil, add onions and green pepper, and cook 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook 4 more minutes. Add tomato paste, stir well, cook 4 minutes, then add tomatoes. Add a little water to thin, if needed and cook 10 minutes. Finish by adjusting seasonings and stirring in basil. Sprinkle with extra basil when serving.

This recipe yields about 3 cups.

Source:
ESSENCE OF EMERIL with Emeril Lagasse - From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # EE-073 broadcast 01-13-1997) - Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com

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