Monday, March 12, 2012

Pasta sauce with mushrooms and grilled peper

This is another sauce I made based on leftover veggies in my fridge :)

Pasta sauce with mushrooms and grilled pepper

Ingredients:
3 cups of canned tomatoes or  jar of tomato based pasta sauce
5-6 big garlic gloves chopped
1 onion copped
1 red, yellow or just green bell pepper -grilled and pilled
4 mushrooms- sliced
1Tbsp Balsamic vinegar
2-3 Tbsp olive oil
pinch of sugar
1 Tbsp dry basil
1Tsp dry thyme
salt and black paper

Cut the pepper into big pieces and set aside. Saute the garlic in oil. Add the onions and cook for some time.
Add the mushroom and saute with onions. Once they are ready add tomatoes, peeper, basil, thyme, salt and little crushed black paper as per your taste. Cook for about 5-6 mins and add the vinegar and sugar.
Taste and adjust salt if needed.
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TIPS:
You can use fresh tomatoes also. In that case you need to cook them little longer.
In case you don't have balsamic vinegar, don't substitute with any other vinegar and don't need to add sugar.
If the bell pepper is too small you can use 2. If you mix yellow and red the sauce turns even more appealing.
If you like your sauce to be more tomatoes, reduce the amount of veggies ;).
You can always use fresh herbs, remember to use more of them if they are fresh!!
Enjoy!

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