sarah's slaggy speed syn-free sauce
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Yield lots and lots
Now, I know what you’re thinking. All that foreplay and you’re giving me a fucking pasta sauce? Yes I am and actually you’ll pipe down because it’s not ONLY a pasta sauce, it’s a meatball sauce, a ketchup replacement, a sauce to bake your chicken in, it’s a pulled pork sauce and it makes you shit for mercy because it’s made entirely of speed veg. Oh and it tastes epic, not diet epic, but life is good and I have a yacht epic… basically it’s YOUR SAVIOUR. Slaggy speed syn-free sauce goes with ANYTHING.
Now to get the most amount of value from this sauce you’ll want to make loads of it. That way you’re going to the effort of cooking once and it’s paying dividends for ages – freeze what you don’t use in individual portions. You’ll thank me later.
Ingredients
- 2 red peppers
- 2 yellow peppers
- 2 orange peppers
- 1 white onion
- 6 peppadew hot peppers (the jarred ones)
- 2 cans of chopped tomatoes
- 4 tablespoons of smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon of oregano
- 1 teaspoon of cayenne (more if you like it hot, less if you have a toddler like mine…you could leave it out altogether to be fair)
- ¼ teaspoon of garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon of sugar (1 syn but negligible by the time you divvy it up)
- a few sprays of oil
At this point Sarah recommends using Frylight, and for that, we'll actually apply to get her pain relief medication cancelled. Always use Frylight, people, there is really no excuse!
Instructions
- get yourself ready
- chop all that veg up - or buy pre-chopped if you're fancy
- coat your pan in a few sprays of oil
- chuck in your red, yellow, orange peppers and onions
- fry on a low heat until the onions start looking yellowy (think liver failure) and the peppers are a bit smooshie (if you find the pan is drying out add more oil or try a splash of water)
- add your chopped tomatoes, peppedaw peppers, garlic, oregano, smoked paprika, cayenne and sugar; stir like you’ve just told your ex his girlfriend is a prize slapper and put a lid on it, smug style
- if you've lost your saucepan lids or don't want to bend down because you're mindful you won't be able to get up again without someone having to call for the fire brigade, just use a chopping board
- let it simmer away for about 25 mins, you need to be careful mind, if you’ve got an aggressive gas stove like mine it could burn if you don’t keep an eye on it, so don’t get distracted by a shiny thing and forget about it - keep stirring - like a good night alone, it's up to you to keep it wet
- when it looks like the pic (i.e. reduced, thick and chunky) get your blender or food processor geared up and show that chunky sauce who is boss - you want it to be a smooth as Grant Mitchell's giant heed.
Notes
You'll need two things for this:
- a good quality saucepan - if you've got money pouring out of your arse, we recommend this set, but anything will do
- a blender - nothing expensive needed, this wee £10 model will do the job just as well
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Cuisine Italian
Recipe by twochubbycubs at https://twochubbycubs.com/2018/04/12/speed-syn-free-sauce/