Ingredients
450g/1lb medium sized tomatoes
1-2 cloves garlic
Handful of basil leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Place the tomatoes in a large bowl, cover with boiling water and leave to stand for 1 minute. Remove with a slotted spoon and when cool enough to handle, remove the skins.
- Cut in half and place in a clean bowl with the garlic, basil and olive oil Toss together and season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer to a large frying pan and turn the tomatoes so that the cut side is uppermost.
- Heat until just starting to sizzle then cook over a low heat for 30 minutes. The tomatoes should have shrunk a little in size and be charred underneath. Remove from the heat.
- Allow to cool slightly then transfer to the Liquidiser and blend until smooth. Serve with pasta, or as an accompaniment to meat dishes.
If you cut a small X in the bottom of the tomato and remove the core before pouring the boiling water over the tomatoes, they will peel even easier.
lvdkeyes, it’s very useful idea… thank you for sharing 
Kitchen Witch, your ideas are always useful… I learned a lot from you… thanks for sharing! 
lvdkeyes, it’s very useful idea… thank you for sharing
Kitchen Witch, your ideas are always useful… I learned a lot from you… thanks for sharing!
ya of course!.. I’m from Palestine - Middle East… & you?.. where are you from??
I lived in US about 6 years as my dad work there… and my mum is Italian that’s why I gained the Italian style in cooking… Now I live in Jordan since 2007 to complete my high studies!.. I’m glad that I met you, another Italian women in my life 
“You can take a person out of the country - but you can’t take the country out of the person”… ya that’s right!.. Although I have an american nationality, deep inside I belong to Palestine “my home country”…