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Tomato sauce "Lecho"

Delicious, flavorful and thick sauce! Perfect with meat, rice and pasta. I made a portion and realized that this is very little! It's impossible to break away! Yield 2 liters of sauce.

Ingredients

Servings 10
  • Bulgarian pepper 300 g
  • red onion 300 g
  • tomatoes 1 kg
  • mustard seeds 1 tsp
  • ground chili pepper 1 tsp
  • ground black pepper 1 tsp
  • dried thyme 0.5 tsp
  • vegetable oil 100 g
  • parsley 1 bunch(s)
  • salt 1 tbsp.
  • sugar 100 g
  • vinegar essence 1 tsp

Cooking

Step 1

Wash the tomatoes, make cross cuts. Pour boiling water for a few seconds, drain the water, remove the skin. Cut the tomatoes into 2-4 parts, depending on the size of the tomato. Punch with an immersion blender into a homogeneous mass.

Step 2

Peel the onion and bell pepper and cut into cubes. Fry in vegetable oil for 5 minutes. Pour chopped tomatoes, fried peppers with onions, salt with a slide, sugar, spices into a deep saucepan. Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes. Do not close the lid!

Step 3

Add essence and cook for another 10 minutes. For 5 min. add chopped parsley until ready. Arrange the finished sauce in clean jars and close tightly with a lid. Store in a dark place. I keep it in the refrigerator. Enjoy your meal!

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