Pasta Sauce

I tried using the homemade tomato sauce as a pasta sauce as it was

It was rather bland, & definately needed a stronger flavour added so I tried Salami & Mushroom, mmmmmmmm, so much nicer (& rather spicey)
Shall be trying it with sweetcorn & Tuna next.

Pizza from scratch

The first meal we made on the FEAST bus was PIZZA!! totally from scratch!!! Though we havent been given the recipe folder yet I did find a similar recipe for the base so we could make it at home.
This one

500g flour
7g sachets yeast
1/2 tsp golden sugar
2tbsp oil
325ml lukewarm water
Homemade tomato sauce (HERE)
cheese & anything else you want on top.

Sift the flour into a mixing bowl & make a well.
Mix the yeast, sugar, oil into the water. Leave a few minutes before before pouring it into the well in the flour. Slowly draw in the flour while stirring until you have a lovely dough.
Knead for a while before putting into a large floured bowl, put a bit of flour on top. cover with a damp cloth & leave in a warm place to rise for about an hour.

Remove the dough & knead it again. This amount should make 2 large pizzas - if theres too much you can store it in the fridge or freezer.

Cover a baking tray with baking paper. Add the dough on top & either stretch, push or use a rolling pin to get the pizza base into the height, size and shape you want .... remembering it will rise to double its height when cooked.

I use a ladle to scoop a spoonful of tomato sauce & spread it out with the bottom of the spoon.
This photo shows how much is too much to use, lol, it leaves the pizza a bit soggy. The next time I made it I put a thin layer which worked a lot better,

Add your toppings - I got Kai to do this for me :-)
Bake at 160C until it goes golden.

Enjoy!!

Chilli Con Carne

You will need:-
Oil
1 large onion
1 red pepper - cubed
1tsp hot chilli pepper or 1tbsp mild/medium (I actually use 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper instead as my lot dont like chilli)
1tsp paprika
1tsp ground cumin
500g minced beef
1/2 pt beef stock
600ml homemade tomato sauce (see HERE)
1/2 tsp dried Marjoram
Salt & pepper
tin Kidney beans
tin baked beans

Method:-
add a splash of oil to the pan & cook the onions in it, on a low heat, until soft (about 5mins)

Add the red pepper, chilli, paprika & cumin, stir. Cook for a further 5 mins stirring occassionally
Add the mince & cook until brown before stirring in the stock, tomato sauce, marjoram, salt & pepper (to your own taste)

Bring to the boil, stir, then simmer for 20mins stirring occassionally to make sure the bottom of the pan doesnt catch.
Finally add both cans of beans & simmer for a further 10 mins.
Taste to see if it needs any more seasoning, if it does then add it.
Remove from the heat & leave for 10mins to allow flavours to infuse

Personally I enjoy it most served on a plate of fluffy white rice.