Dalmatian Tomato Sauce
Dalmatian
tomato sauce (salsa/ paradajz sos) is one of the simplest recipes for
the freshest, most rich tomato sauce you’ve ever tried, coming to you
straight from the Balkan coast. It takes 1 hour from start to finish, and keeps in fridge for a few days.
This Dalmatian tomato sauce (salsa/ paradajz sos) is perfect with rice, meatballs and calamari too!
Dalmatian tomato sauce (Salsa/ paradajz sos), a sauce made by long simmering of tomatoes, is typical for the Dalmatian coast where, similar to many different specialties, it arrived by the way of Italy. There are several different ways to make this tasty sauce, and everyone has just the right trick that makes their sauce better than the next one. The way we’ll make it for this recipe is just the way my mother and grandmother made it. I found out my mom’s trick when I asked her to reveal her method to me, to which she said “Recipes are for amateurs. You cook “from your eye,” you start by knowing the taste you’d like to achieve, and you follow what you’re making, you add a little bit of this and a little bit of that, you lick it a little bit to see whether it needs to cook longer, you let it boil a few more minutes, you lick again, and that’s about it.” Regardless, I still was able to get her to put her talent to the paper.
This Dalmatian tomato sauce (salsa/ paradajz sos) is perfect with rice, meatballs and calamari too!
Dalmatian tomato sauce (Salsa/ paradajz sos), a sauce made by long simmering of tomatoes, is typical for the Dalmatian coast where, similar to many different specialties, it arrived by the way of Italy. There are several different ways to make this tasty sauce, and everyone has just the right trick that makes their sauce better than the next one. The way we’ll make it for this recipe is just the way my mother and grandmother made it. I found out my mom’s trick when I asked her to reveal her method to me, to which she said “Recipes are for amateurs. You cook “from your eye,” you start by knowing the taste you’d like to achieve, and you follow what you’re making, you add a little bit of this and a little bit of that, you lick it a little bit to see whether it needs to cook longer, you let it boil a few more minutes, you lick again, and that’s about it.” Regardless, I still was able to get her to put her talent to the paper.
Ingredients
- 4 pounds fresh tomatoes
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 tablespoon mint
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2–3 garlic cloves (optional)
Instructions
- Cut in a small “X” into the bottom of each tomato. Bring half a pot of water to boil on high heat. Place each tomato into the boiling water and leave for 1-2 minutes.
- Watching that you don’t get burned, squeeze each tomato into a bowl as much as you can. Tomatoes should fall apart on their own. If you prefer chunkier pieces, leave them like this. If you prefer a smoother tomato sauce, use a mixer or a potato masher to cut tomato pieces down even more.
- Warm up the pot in which you’ll be making the sauce. Combine oil and butter, and warm up on medium. If you are using garlic, add it to the pan and simmer. Otherwise, add the tomatoes in start simmering. As you are simmering, start adding the spices, and mix them in. Simmer everything until all the fluid has turned into a sauce, or about 35-40 minutes.
- Serve over rice, spaghetti, other pasta, or French fries.
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