Great Basic Tomato Sauce

• 450 g ripe tomatoes, chopped (peeled or unpeeled as you prefer)
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 -2 teaspoon tomato puree
• 1 clove garlic, crushed (more if you like it)
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil (add more if you are a basil fan as I am)
• salt
• pepper
• chili powder (optional)
• minced meat (optional)

1. If I want to use this as a the basis for a meat sauce or chilli sauce I don't usually bother to peel the tomatoes, when I want a silky smooth sauce that runs beautifully I do peel them.
2. You choose Peel tomatoes by covering with boiling water in a bowl for 5 minutes if you want the"smooth" recipe.
3. Chop tomotoes into evenly sized pieces.
4. Heat olive oil and saute garlic and onion until soft.
5. Add tomatoes, tomato puree, Basil, salt and pepper.
6. Simmer gently got 30-40 until it reduces a little.
7. Serve as is, or put in a blender until smooth.
8. For Chilli sauce, add 1/4-1/2 teaspoon chilli powder (to your preference) or fresh chillies.
9. Adding browned minced meat makes a nice easy sauce for over pasta.

tomatoes, olive oil, onion, tomato puree, clove garlic, fresh basil, salt, pepper, chili powder, meat

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/great-basic-tomato-sauce-74464 (may not work)