Passata

Passata, Italian salsa.  yummy stuff

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/817646/tomato-passata

Ingredients

• 15 Fully ripened medium to large tomatoes, halved.
• 1 Large, finely chopped red onion.
• 2 tbls Olive oil.
• 4 Pealed and chopped cloves of garlic.
• 1 tbls Finely chopped basil.
• 1 Desert sp Sundried tomato paste.
• 1 Desert sp Tomato puree.
• 1 tsp Course ground black pepper.
• Salt to taste.
• Makes approximately 1 ltr.

Method

1. Place the tomatoes, garlic, basil and black pepper into a blender and liquefy.
2. Using a large frying pan gently fry the red onion in the olive oil until just golden. Add to blender and liquefy.
3. Pour the blender contents into your large pan and bring to the boil. Add the sun dried tomato paste and tomato puree and thoroughly mix. Now gently simmer, stirring frequently for 10 - 15 minutes and reduce until you have the perfect passata.

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Taco Soup Linda Ellenburg

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 (16 ounce) can chili beans, with liquid
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans with liquid
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, with liquid
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
2 cups water
2 (14.5 ounce) cans peeled and diced tomatoes
1 (4 ounce) can diced green chile peppers
1 (1.25 ounce) package taco seasoning mix

Directions

In a medium skillet, cook the ground beef until browned over medium heat.
Drain, and set aside.
Place the ground beef, onion, chili beans, kidney beans, corn, tomato sauce, water, diced tomatoes, green chile peppers and taco seasoning mix in a slow cooker.
Mix to blend, and cook on Low setting for 8 hours.