But I Smile Anyway…

It’s been a while now, a Hubby Dearest asks me to make a ciabbata sandwich with Chicken escalopes, some mushrooms, cheese and napoli sauce.

Napoli sauce? What is it? Never heard of it! So I have done some research, and basically it’s an Italian tomato sauce, pretty much like what I would make for a pizza topping, or basic pasta sauce. Anywho, I found a recipe  here and followed it, adding a little sugar as I didn’t get the ‘special tinned ones they recommended!

It’s simmering away as we type/read! 

…bubble bubble, toil and trouble…

Looking good so far! 

So what did I use?

Half a finely chopped onion

2 cloves minced garlic

1 tbspn red peppers finely chopped

1 veg stock cube

One 400g tin chopped tomatoes

Half tbspn tomato pure

Half tspn oregano, dried

Half tspn dried basil

Half tspn dried parsley

Pepper to season

1 tspn sugar

1. Fry onions in a little olive oil til golden brown then add peppers and garlic
2. Cook until you can smell the garlic
3. Add the tomato purée and cook off for 1 minute
4. Add everything else, stir and simmer on low heat for about 45 minutes
5. Stir through half tbspn Olive oil and allow to cool
6. Store, and enjoy whenever!

Cooked, reduced, cooling ready for jarring amd using whenever we want!

It looks good, and tasted pretty yum too! 

Ready to be stored for use whenever

Top with a little olive oil, store in the fridge and use within a month! 

I found it quite strong initially so I added another small can of tomatoes and there’s the new improved version!

And here’s the Chicken Escalope Ciabatta sandwich he was asking for, complete with mushrooms n cheese!