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Used in 24 recipes on RecipeWiki.

Tomato here covers both the fresh fruit and the tinned forms RecipeWiki's recipes rely on: ripe and very ripe tomatoes, tinned chopped, whole plum and San Marzano. Fresh, a ripe tomato is sweet, sharp and savoury at once, and its flavour depends on ripeness as much as variety; Salted Tomato Salad and Gazpacho need the best summer fruit you can find. For cooked sauces, tinned whole plum tomatoes often beat fresh ones out of season, with a deeper flavour and thicker flesh than chopped. Avoid keeping fresh tomatoes in the fridge, which dulls their flavour and makes them mealy; store them stem-side down at room temperature.

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Ackee and Saltfish — shot from directly overhead: salt cod soaked and flaked into sautéed onion and pepper
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Ackee and Saltfish

Salt cod soaked and flaked into sautéed onion and pepper, then folded through ackee at the very last moment so it does not break up.

12 hr 45 minServes 4
BreakfastCaribbeanFish
Birria de Res — shot from directly overhead: beef braised in a deep red chilli broth until it shreds
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Birria de Res

Beef braised in a deep red chilli broth until it shreds, served as a stew or folded into tacos dipped in its own fat.

4 hrServes 6
BeefMexicanStews
Butter Chicken shot from directly overhead, a true flat lay
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Butter Chicken

Tandoori-marinated chicken grilled hard, then finished in a sieved tomato and butter gravy emulsified off the heat so it stays satin rather than splitting.

5 hr 50 minServes 4
ChickenCurriesDinner
Chana Masala — shot from directly overhead: chickpeas simmered in a dark
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Chana Masala

Chickpeas simmered in a dark, sour tomato and onion masala, finished with amchur so the sourness sits behind the spice rather than on top of it.

55 minServes 4
CurriesIndianLunch
Chicken and Prawn Paella — shot from directly overhead: bomba rice cooked flat and never stirred in a wide pan
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Chicken and Prawn Paella

Bomba rice cooked flat and never stirred in a wide pan, which keeps the grains separate and toasts a crust onto the base.

1 hr 20 minServes 4
ChickenMain coursesSpanish
Chicken Tikka Masala — shot from directly overhead: yogurt-marinated chicken charred hard under a grill
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Chicken Tikka Masala

Yogurt-marinated chicken charred hard under a grill, then finished in a spiced tomato and cream sauce that only works if the char goes in with it.

5 hrServes 4
ChickenCurriesDinner
Chickpea and Spinach Stew — shot from directly overhead: dried chickpeas cooked from scratch and thickened with fried bread pounded to a paste
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Chickpea and Spinach Stew

Dried chickpeas cooked from scratch and thickened with fried bread pounded to a paste, which is how Seville gets body without cream.

14 hr 15 minServes 4
Leafy greensMain coursesSpanish
Chilli con Carne shot from directly overhead, a true flat lay
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Chilli con Carne

Beef mince simmered for two hours in a paste of toasted, soaked dried chillies, with beans added late and finished with dark chocolate and lime.

3 hr 15 minServes 6
AmericanBeefDinner
Classic Margherita Pizza — shot from directly overhead: three toppings
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Classic Margherita Pizza

Three toppings, nothing hidden — this is the pizza that shows whether your dough is any good.

4 hr 42 minServes 2
CheeseDinnerItalian
by cosypuffin
Egg Curry — shot from directly overhead: hard-boiled eggs
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Egg Curry

Hard-boiled eggs, scored and browned in spice, simmered in an onion and tomato masala.

40 minServes 4
30 minutesCurriesIndian
Gazpacho — shot from directly overhead: a chilled Andalusian soup of raw tomatoes
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Gazpacho

A chilled Andalusian soup of raw tomatoes, cucumber and pepper blended with bread and olive oil, which is what turns it creamy rather than watery.

5 hr 5 minServes 6
SoupsSpanishTomatoes
Greek Salad shot from directly overhead, a true flat lay
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Greek Salad

Ripe tomatoes salted until they release their juice, with cucumber, pepper, onion, stoned olives and a whole slab of feta, dressed with oil and oregano and no lettuce.

25 minServes 4
30 minutesCheeseNo-cook
Malai Kofta — shot from directly overhead: potato and paneer dumplings fried until crisp
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Malai Kofta

Potato and paneer dumplings fried until crisp, sitting in a mild cashew and tomato sauce enriched with cream.

1 hr 20 minServes 4
CurriesIndianPotatoes
Minestrone — shot from directly overhead: a chunky vegetable soup built on a slow soffritto
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Minestrone

A chunky vegetable soup built on a slow soffritto, with beans and small pasta simmered in the broth so it thickens as it stands.

1 hr 25 minServes 6
Leafy greensItalianPasta
by brightosprey
Mole Poblano — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame
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Mole Poblano

A long, dark sauce of toasted chillies, nuts, seeds, spices and a little chocolate, poured over turkey or chicken.

3 hrServes 8
ChickenMexicanSauces
Patatas Bravas — shot from directly overhead: twice-cooked potatoes under a smoky
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Patatas Bravas

Twice-cooked potatoes under a smoky, faintly fierce tomato sauce — the one tapa every bar in Spain is judged on.

50 minServes 4
PotatoesSaucesSide dishes
Pisto — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame
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Pisto

Courgette, pepper, onion and tomato cooked separately, then together, until everything collapses into something sweet and jammy.

1 hr 20 minServes 4
SpanishStewsVegan
Salted Tomato Salad — shot from directly overhead: ripe tomatoes salted twenty minutes ahead
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Salted Tomato Salad

Ripe tomatoes salted twenty minutes ahead, then dressed with the juice that draws out of them rather than plain oil.

35 minServes 4
Side dishesTomatoesVegan
Shakshuka — shot from directly overhead: eggs poached directly in a spiced tomato and pepper stew
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Shakshuka

Eggs poached directly in a spiced tomato and pepper stew, cooked and served in the one pan so the yolks stay hot to the table.

1 hr 5 minServes 4
BreakfastCheeseMiddle Eastern
by nora-blythe
Simple Tomato Sauce — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame
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Simple Tomato Sauce

Tinned tomatoes crushed by hand and cooked slowly with garlic until the oil splits back out, which is when the sauce is done.

1 hrServes 4
BasicsItalianSauces
by brightosprey
Slow-Cooked Beef Ragu — shot from directly overhead: coarse beef mince browned in batches then held at a bare simmer for three hours
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Slow-Cooked Beef Ragu

Coarse beef mince browned in batches then held at a bare simmer for three hours, finished in the pan with the pasta.

4 hr 35 minServes 6
BeefCheeseDinner
by nora-blythe
Slow-Cooked Black Dal — shot from directly overhead: whole urad soaked overnight and simmered for hours until it turns black and glossy
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Slow-Cooked Black Dal

Whole urad soaked overnight and simmered for hours until it turns black and glossy, then finished with butter and a little cream.

15 hr 50 minServes 6
IndianMain coursesTomatoes
Spaghetti alla Puttanesca — shot from directly overhead: a store-cupboard sauce of anchovies
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Spaghetti alla Puttanesca

A store-cupboard sauce of anchovies, olives, capers and chilli melted into tomato, salty enough that it needs no cheese and barely any salt.

40 minServes 4
ItalianMain coursesPasta
Tagliatelle al Ragù — shot from directly overhead: bolognese ragù cooked for three hours with milk and a little wine
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Tagliatelle al Ragù

Bolognese ragù cooked for three hours with milk and a little wine, served on fresh tagliatelle rather than spaghetti, which is what Bologna actually does.

3 hr 25 minServes 6
BeefDinnerItalian