Quick Easy Provencal Sauce Food

RECIPE: TOMATE PROVENçALE SAUCE

Steps:

• Peel the garlic and crush in a mortar and pestle.
• Chop the tomatoes into small pieces.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan at low heat.
• Sauté the garlic (and onions) in the saucepan until they turn lightly translucent.
• Add the tomatoes, herbs, and olive oil into the saucepan and cook for around 10 minutes at medium temperature.
• Add the optional heavy cream and stir in. Let cook for another 10 minutes.
• Season to your liking with salt and pepper and whisk until it is well blended.
• Serve while warm.

SAUCE PROVENçAL

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.  Add the shallots, garlic and Herbes de Provence to the pan and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes or until the shallots are translucent.
• Add the wine, bring the mixture to a boil, and cook until the wine is reduced to 2 tablespoons.
• Add the Jus de Poulet Lié Gold®and water and whisk until the Jus de Poulet Lié Gold® is dissolved. Bring the mixture to simmer and add the tomatoes, chervil, and parsley.  Simmer for 1-2 minutes and season with salt and pepper to taste.

QUICK PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, saute garlic in oil until tender, 2 minutes. Stir in basil and crushed tomatoes. Season with salt and pepper and cook 15 to 20 minutes, until slightly thickened. Serve immediately.

PASTA WITH PROVENCAL SEAFOOD SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring a big pot of water to a boil.
• Put the oil in another large, deep pot over medium heat; one minute later, add the onion and cook/stir for 2-3 minutes.
• Add in the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
• Add in the red pepper flakes, wine, and tomatoes; bring to a boil; decrease heat to med-low, and let cook for about 15 minutes.
• Salt the boiling water and cook the pasta until it is tender but firm.
• When the pasta is almost done, add the parsley, half the basil, and all the remaining ingredients to the sauce; simmer until the seafood is cooked through, about 4-5 minutes.
• Drain the pasta and serve with the sauce, garnished with the remaining basil.

COD PROVENçAL

Steps:

• Neatly trim the cod fillets. Score the skin of each fillet 3-4 times at regular intervals. Lay the fish in a shallow dish and sprinkle both sides of the fillets with the salt and some freshly ground black pepper. Set aside or chill overnight, see box, far right.
• Deseed and finely slice the peppers, then finely grate the garlic and lemon zest over the peppers. Carefully slice the fennel on a mandolin, or as finely as possible with a sharp knife, then tip half the fennel into a bowl of iced water and set aside.
• Brush the salt off the fish or, if it has dissolved, wipe the brine off with kitchen paper. Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a large non-stick pan, cook the fish, skin side down, for 4 mins until the skin is crisp and browned, then remove from the pan.
• Put 1 tbsp more oil into the pan. Fry the fennel and the marinated peppers together for 4-5 mins until soft and starting to brown. Throw in the tomatoes and the balsamic vinegar, then continue to cook for 2-3 mins until they soften and release their juices. Scatter over the olives, capers and herbs, then toss everything together.
• Nestle the fish fillets, skin side up, among the vegetables, then lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 5-6 mins until the fish is just cooked through. Lift the fish from the pan and give the sauce a final simmer and stir, then turn off the heat. This dish is better served warm rather than hot, so don't worry about the vegetables or fish resting before you serve.
• Drain the reserved fennel and pat dry with kitchen paper. Toss with the juice from half the grated lemon, 2 tbsp olive oil and the anchovies. To serve, spoon the vegetables into the middle of two large dinner plates. Sit the cod, skin side up, on top of the vegetables and top with a neat bundle of fennel salad. Drizzle everything with a touch more oil, then scatter with the small basil leaves.

COD PROVENCAL

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Arrange fillets in 8x8x2 inch square baking dish.
• Saute onion and garlic in oil in medium-size skillet over medium heat 3 to 5 minutes or until lightly softened. Add tomatoes, capers, basil, olives, lemon juice, oregano, salt if using and pepper.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally for approximately 8 minutes. Spoon the sauce over the fish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes or until cooked through.

PROVENCAL TOMATO SAUCE (USES FRESH TOMATOES)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy pot. Add the onions and saute for about 10 minutes, until they are translucent.
• Add in the garlic and bay leaves, let that saute about 5 minutes more.
• Add in the tomates, salt, pepper and herbs - simmer for 20 minutes.
• When the tomatoes have cooked down, add in the tomato paste and simmer for another 10 minutes. Adjust seasoning to your liking.
• Remove the bay leaves and your sauce is ready!