A while back I made Homemade Pasta Sauce, which was great. But today I decided to try making generic tomato paste/sauce which I could use for any dishes other than pasta sauce. This will be great to make in large batch and freeze them for future use.

Homemade Tomato Sauce/Paste
Ingredients:
6 ripe roma tomatoes
1/2 garlic bulb
1 medium onion
2-3 shallots (I didn’t have any in hand but it’ll be great)
1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar
3 pitted soaked medjool dates or any fruit of your choice (apple sauce would be great)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1-2 tsp Red Boat Fish Sauce (optional but will make it yummy)
Dash of salt
1 tsp black pepper
1-2 tsp anatto powder

Directions:
1. Chop the tomatoes, garlic, shallots and onion coarsely.

2. Puree some garlic, onion, shallots, soaked medjool dates and some of the tomatoes in your food processor

3. Heat the skillet with avocado oil (or high heat cooking oil of your choice) in medium high- saute the chopped onions until translucent

4. Add the rest of the ingredients and cook on medium high heat for about 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to medium. Cook uncovered until most liquid evaporated. Season accordingly.

5. When you see most liquid has evaporated, you’re done!

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