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Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Skill level: easy
Serves: 4 as a side dish
Ingredients
- 8 medium potatoes
- 1 onion – chopped
- tin of chopped tomatoes – 450g
- 2 red chillies – finely chopped
- 3 cloves of garlic – crushed
- 1 bay leaf
- tomato purée – 1 tbsp
- sugar – 1/2 tbsp
- soy sauce – 1 tbsp
- white wine – glass
- s & p
Cut the potatoes into 3/4 inch chunks, put into an oiled baking tray, drizzle with oil, mix about a bit and place in a hot oven (200c).
Season well and roast until soft and golden (30 – 45 minutes)
Meanwhile make the sauce by sweating the onion in olive oil with the bay leaf until soft. Add the chillies, garlic, tomato purée, sugar and soy sauce and sweat for a further 5 minutes on a low heat.
Add the chopped tinned tomatoes and white wine, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes.
Season to taste – this sauce should be slightly sweet.
Pour the sauce over the cooked potatoes and serve.
Verdict: We’ve all eaten it and we all love it.
Drink: Rounded off the evening with an ill-advised Vodka and orange.
Entertainment: Will those sisters ever stop yapping?
