Hot Tomato Sauce with Butter (Acılı Tereyağ ve Domatesli Sos)
Ingredients
- 25 gr. (1 oz.) butter
- 1 level tbsp. tomato purée
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper or
- dried hot chilli flakes
- 2 tsp. paprika
- This is a very simple sauce, but what a difference it makes. It adds that special zing to the famous, popular Mantı dish, adds flavour and something a little different to your soups and is ideal for Döner when served with yoghurt. Once you have the ingredients you can make it as hot (or not!) as you like.
Method
Take a small frying pan and melt the butter. Don’t have the heat too hot.
Add the tomato purée and mix it in well with a small hand whisk.
Sprinkle in the cayenne pepper or chilli flakes and the paprika. Again stirring in well.
When it begins to sizzle it is ready – don’t let it burn, it will catch very quickly. So take it off the heat.
You can make this up before hand without bringing it to the sizzling stage and reheat it when you are ready to serve.
The nice thing about it is - that you can add more of any of the ingredients at any stage. Add more of the hot pepper if you want it hotter or if you want a larger quantity just add butter and adjust the tomato purée and the peppers accordingly.
Spoon over soups, about 1 tbsp. per bowl, over yoghurt when serving Mantı, or over Döner kebab when it is served with yoghurt.