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🍽️ Fresh Tomato Sauce with Celery

247 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 stalk celery
• 800 g tomatoes
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 shallots
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 125 ml tomato juice
• salt
• pepper (from the mill)
• 1 tsp Italian herb mix
• 100 g mixed olives (pitted)
• 1 tbsp finely chopped basil
• 1 tbsp butter (in pieces)
• basil (for garnish)

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the celery stalks thoroughly and remove any dirty spots.
2. 2. Dice the celery into very fine pieces.
3. 3. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes to blanch them.
4. 4. Shock the tomatoes immediately with cold water to loosen the skin.
5. 5. Peel the skin off the tomatoes.
6. 6. Remove the inner core (seeds and pulp) of the tomatoes.
7. 7. Cut the tomato flesh into small cubes.
8. 8. Peel the garlic and the shallots.
9. 9. Finely chop the garlic and shallots.
10. 10. Heat oil in a pan or pot.
11. 11. Sauté the garlic and shallots in the hot oil until fragrant.
12. 12. Add the fine celery pieces and the tomato cubes to the pan.
13. 13. Sauté the vegetables briefly while stirring them.
14. 14. Pour the tomato juice over the vegetables.
15. 15. Season the sauce with salt, pepper, and Italian herbs.
16. 16. Let the sauce simmer for about 20 minutes over low heat.
17. 17. Cut the olives in half or into wedges.
18. 18. Add the olives to the simmering sauce.
19. 19. Let the olives simmer in the sauce for another 5 minutes.
20. 20. Stir the fresh basil into the finished sauce.
21. 21. Add the butter to the sauce and stir until melted.
22. 22. Serve the sauce immediately, garnished with fresh basil leaves.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 247
• Protein: 3 g · Fett/Fat: 22 g · Carbs: 8 g