Raw Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce
This tomato sauce is bursting with flavour. It tastes like you picked a warm, ripe tomato straight off the vine and then slow cooked it all day...you would never guess it was raw!
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups roma tomatos, chopped (they are the best as they have the least amount of liquid)
- 2 cups sundried tomatoes. soaked
- 1/2 cup pitted dates, soaked
- 2-3 cloves garlic, peeled
- handful fresh cilantro
- 1/4 cup fresh basil
- 2 tbsp. dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne
- 1/2 tsp. chipotle chilli pepper (add more if you want more heat).
- 1 tbsp. pink Himalayan salt
- 1 lemon Juice of one lemon
Instructions
- Soak dates and sundried tomatoes in clean filtered water in separate bowls for 30 min- 2 hours (the longer the better but when you are pressed for time, 30 minutes will still do the trick).
- Drain sundried tomato & dates but reserve the water from the dates for later use, if needed
- Place all other ingredients into the blender and process on high for about 2-3 minutes
- The sauce will be thick and here is where the reserved date water comes in. If you wish to thin the sauce, add a little of the reserved date water and blend. Otherwise, the date water can be discarded.
Notes
Store the sauce in an airtight container for 2 weeks in the fridge or in the freezer for a few months.