Recipe - Simple Creole Tomato Sauce

2 tablespoon Olive oil
Three fourths cup Diced onion
One fourth cup Diced green pepper
1 tablespoon Chopped garlic
2 tablespoon Tomato paste
3 cup Tomato concasse; (peeled,
seeded and minced )
Salt and pepper
2 tablespoon Chiffonade of fresh basil;
plus extra for garnish

In a shallow saucepan heat oil, add onions and green pepper, and cook 2
minutes. Add garlic and cook 4 more minutes. Add tomato paste, stir well,
cook 4 minutes, then add tomatoes. Add a little water to thin, if needed
and cook 10 minutes. Finish by adjusting seasonings and stirring in basil.
Sprinkle with extra basil when serving.

Yield: About 3 cups
Recipe By :ESSENCE OF EMERIL SHOW#EE073

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #299

Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 22:19:15 0500

From: Meg Antczak meginny@frontiernet.net