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Slow-Cooked Sofrito with Rustic Spoonable Texture
A traditional family-style Tomate Frito made with visible tomato pieces and a slowly cooked sofrito of onion, green pepper and garlic.
Its rich, spoonable texture and rounded flavour work beautifully with pasta, rice, eggs, meatballs, vegetables and baked dishes.
This special recipe is inspired by the tomato sauces traditionally prepared at home with patience and simple ingredients.
Its familiar flavour recalls tomato slowly cooked in a pan by earlier generations.
Unlike completely smooth tomato sauces, this preparation has a substantial texture with small, visible pieces of tomato.
The result holds well on pasta, toasted bread, rice dishes and plated preparations.
Onion, green pepper and garlic are cooked gently to form an aromatic sofrito before being combined with the tomato.
Olive oil and selected spices add richness and depth without the use of thickeners.
Brown cane sugar softens the tomato’s natural sharpness and contributes a rounded, well-integrated flavour.
The sauce remains distinctly tomato-led, with the vegetables adding complexity rather than covering its character.
Use with spaghetti, filled pasta, gnocchi, lasagne or vegetable gratins.
It also provides a flavourful foundation for paella-style rice, casseroles, baked eggs and stuffed vegetables.
Serve with meatballs, sausages, chicken, white fish or slow-cooked meat dishes.
It can also be spooned over toasted bread, used beneath fried eggs or combined with roasted vegetables and cheese.
Tomato (78%), onion, olive oil (13%), brown cane sugar, salt, garlic, green pepper and spices.
Gluten-free.