SHOPPING LIST: Cooking Skills: Sauces 1, Chapter 5 (Tomato and Vegetable Sauces)

Tinned chopped tomatoes, tomato purée, fresh ripe tomatoes, red peppers, onions, garlic, olive oil, dried oregano, basil, smoked paprika, brown sugar, malt or cider vinegar, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, lemon, flaked sea salt, black pepper, a heavy saucepan, a roasting tin and a stick blender.

A pizza sauce (4 pizzas)
[ ] 1 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, crushed
[ ] 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
[ ] 1 tbsp tomato purée
[ ] 1 tsp dried oregano
[ ] 1 pinch sugar
[ ] 1 pinch flaked sea salt

A roasted tomato sauce (4 portions)
[ ] 800 g ripe tomatoes, halved
[ ] 1 onion, cut in wedges
[ ] 4 garlic cloves, unpeeled
[ ] 3 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 tsp dried oregano
[ ] 1 pinch sugar
[ ] 1 tsp flaked sea salt

A red pepper sauce (4 portions)
[ ] 3 red peppers, halved and deseeded
[ ] 1 onion, chopped
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, crushed
[ ] 2 tbsp olive oil
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika
[ ] 150 ml hot low-salt vegetable stock
[ ] 1 tsp lemon juice

A barbecue-style sauce (8 portions)
[ ] 1 tbsp sunflower or rapeseed oil
[ ] 1 small onion, finely chopped
[ ] 2 garlic cloves, crushed
[ ] 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
[ ] 2 tbsp tomato purée
[ ] 3 tbsp brown sugar
[ ] 3 tbsp malt or cider vinegar
[ ] 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
[ ] 1 tbsp soy sauce
[ ] 1 tsp smoked paprika

For the experiments
[ ] Extra tin of chopped tomatoes
[ ] Fresh tomatoes (about 300 g, for the experiment)
[ ] Sugar