🍅 Homemade French Tomato Compote (Tomato Sauce)
Every year, when I find beautiful, ripe beef tomatoes at a good price, I make this sauce.
It’s one of those simple, slow recipes that fill your kitchen with the smell of summer — rich, warm, and full of flavor.
This French-style tomato sauce keeps up to 5 days in the fridge or 3 months frozen.
It’s the perfect base for pasta, meats, or my favorite: Tomato & Orzo Rabbit.
🧂 Ingredients
1.75 kg (3¼ lbs) ripe large tomatoes
¼ cup + 2 tbsp olive oil
6 shallots, finely diced
3 thyme sprigs
Salt and pepper to taste
🍳 Instructions
1️⃣ Boil a large pot of water. Core each tomato and cut a small “X” on the opposite side.
Blanch until the skin starts peeling. Transfer to iced water, peel, cut in half, and remove seeds if preferred.
2️⃣ Purée the tomatoes in a food processor.
Cook the purée on medium for 30–40 minutes, stirring regularly.
3️⃣ In another pan, warm ¼ cup olive oil, add shallots and thyme, cook ~5 minutes.
Add to the tomato purée with remaining oil.
4️⃣ Season with salt and pepper.
Simmer a few minutes more, stir, and taste.
5️⃣ Pour into jars or containers.
Store in the fridge for up to 5 days — or freeze for later use.
✨ Delicious with pasta, meat, or my Tomato & Orzo Rabbit recipe. Freeze it, can it, or use it in my Tomato & Orzo Rabbit recipe — it brings the taste of summer all year long 🌞
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