Terrific tomato sauce

Name: Terrific tomato sauce
Yield: 10 cups
Ingredients: 3 ½ kgs Tomatoes, ripe, chopped (Main); 1 large Onion, diced; 4 cloves Chopped garlic; 1 Bouquet garni, parsley, rosemary, basil, thyme, tied with string; 3 ½ cups Sugar; ½ tsp Chilli powder; 1 Tbsp Salt; 2 ½ cups Cider vinegar

Makes: 10 cups

By

Jan Bilton

Food writer and cookbook author.

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Ingredients

3 ½ kgs	Tomatoes, ripe, chopped (Main)
1 large	Onion, diced
4 cloves	Chopped garlic
1	Bouquet garni, parsley, rosemary, basil, thyme, tied with string
3 ½ cups	Sugar
½ tsp	Chilli powder
1 Tbsp	Salt
2 ½ cups	Cider vinegar

Directions

Place all the ingredients in a very large saucepan or preserving pan. Bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Boil for 1½ - 2 hours, until thick. Remove the bouquet garni.
Put the sauce through a mouli or purée in a food processor and pass through a sieve. Return the sauce to the heat and simmer until hot and thick. Pour into hot sterilised bottles. Seal when cold.