Whether you use fresh tomatoes, canned tomatoes or passata from a jar, you still need to combine your tomatoes with herb and spices to create a tasty and aromatic tomato sauce.
A peasant dish that has been elevated to fine dining stature, beef bourguignon, sometimes spelled bœuf bourguignon or bœuf à la bourguignonne, literally translates to beef Burgundy.
The English-speaking world knows it as eggplant caviar. A misnomer, no doubt, considering that there is no salt-cured fish roe in this dish. But this dip of smoky, slightly charred mashed sweet eggplants mixed with spices, herbs, olive oil and lemon juice is delightful.