{"id":92,"date":"2015-11-06T18:59:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T18:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/?p=92"},"modified":"2017-08-06T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2017-08-06T16:55:38","slug":"tomato-and-parmesan-sauce-for-meatballs-and-other-wonderful-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/?p=92","title":{"rendered":"Tomato and Parmesan Sauce for Meatballs and other wonderful things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 x 400 gm tin of chopped tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>400ml of Beef\/Chicken or Vegetable Stock (personally prefer to use beef stock as it provides a richer taste for meatballs) If using Vegetable Stock I would suggest mixing in two teaspoons of Marmite or Vegemite.<\/li>\n<li>1 tbl spoon olive oil<\/li>\n<li>knob of butter<\/li>\n<li>2 Tablespoons of Tomato Pur\u00e9e<\/li>\n<li>2 large chopped onion<\/li>\n<li>4 cloves of garlic<\/li>\n<li>half a teaspoon of dried basil, half a teaspoon of dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>teaspoon of granulated sugar<\/li>\n<li>pinch of salt<\/li>\n<li>dash of ground black pepper<\/li>\n<li>80gm finely grated parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) cheese or Vegetarian Hard Italian Style Cheese if you are Vegetarian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Method :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Heat a large heavy based pan to a medium heat (with a lid) and add olive oil and butter<\/li>\n<li>Throw in your chopped onion, garlic and fry gently until the onions are translucent.<\/li>\n<li>Add the tinned tomatoes and stock, stir and bring to the boil.<\/li>\n<li>Add the sugar, salt and herbs.<\/li>\n<li>Add the tomato pur\u00e9e and stir well.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce to a low simmer, place the lid on and leave for 45 &#8211; 60 minutes checking to make sure it doesn&#8217;t stick.<\/li>\n<li>Stir and simmer without the lid off for a further 15 &#8211; 25 minutes or until the sauce has reduced slightly (about 30 &#8211; 40%).<\/li>\n<li>Add the grated cheese and stir well.<\/li>\n<li>At this point you can add beef meatballs (around 20 large or 40 small cooked) and simmer for a further 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Serve with pasta.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients : 2 x 400 gm tin of chopped tomatoes 400ml of Beef\/Chicken or Vegetable Stock (personally prefer to use beef stock as it provides a richer taste for meatballs) If using Vegetable Stock I would suggest mixing in two teaspoons of Marmite or Vegemite. 1 tbl spoon olive oil knob of butter 2 Tablespoons\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/?p=92\">Read More: Tomato and Parmesan Sauce for Meatballs and other wonderful things &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92\/revisions\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iainhamilton.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}