Tomato Sauce – Summer

• This is best made in the summer when you can get very ripe tomatoes.
• Ones from the garden or the market, which are so full of flavour.

Ingredients

• 4-5 large ripe tomatoes
• ½ small onion
• 250ml vegetable stock
• 125ml soured cream
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1-2 teaspoons of sugar – optional
• Salt and pepper to taste

Method

• Skin the tomatoes using boiling water.
• Chop the tomato up into small pieces.
• Chop the onion into small pieces.
• Simmer the tomatoes and onion in the vegetable stock until soft.
• Add the lemon juice.
• Season to taste.
• Adjust sweetness with sugar to taste.
• Stir in the soured cream and serve.