Serves:6

There are certain food pairings that are sheer magic. Tomato and Basil is one such pairing. These two ingredients were made for each other. Try this out, you will be glad you did. Try to get vine ripened tomatoes, if possible from your own garden. This recipe will not work as well with your standard store ripened tomatoes as they have very little flavour.

Ingredients:

	1 3/4 lbs vine ripened tomatoes (4 large ones)
	1 3/4 lbs bermuda onions (2 large)
	2 Tbsp virgin olive oil
	1 Tbsp minced garlic
	3 1/2 Cups beef stock
	1/4 Tsp hot red pepper flakes
	1/4 Cup fresh basil, finely chopped
	1/4 Cup parsely, fine chopped
	salt and fresh ground black pepper, to taste

Method:

Blanch tomatoes in boiling water for about 1 minute to loosen skins then peel,seed, core and chop them into a medium dice. Peel onions and chop them to a 1/2 inch dice. Heat oil in a large saucepan, add the onions, cook over low heat to clear onions then add garlic and cook for a couple of minutes. add tomatoes, raise the heat to medium, cook stirring often until a very thick sauce consistency is reached. Add stock, basil and seasonings and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionaly for about 20 minutes then serve. Garnish with chopped parsley.