Basic Pasta Sauce
A good tomato pasta base is essential for dishes such as pizza, pasta or parmigiana. If you have an abundance of tomatoes it freezes well.
Ingredients
Serves: 4
- 1 onion, diced
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tomatoes, diced
- 1 to 2 tablespoons tomato purée or passata
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Directions
Preparation:5min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:30min
- In a large frying pan over medium heat, cook the onion in olive oil until translucent. Stir in tomatoes, cook until juice begins to thicken.
- Stir in tomato purée, salt and pepper. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes more, until rich and thick.
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Used different ingredients. This is a great sauce. I found it to be missing a bit of richness, so I added 225ml of chicken stock and let it reduce down, I also added some fresh basil right before serving. I served the sauce over spaghetti with homemade meatballs. The result was fantastic! - 29 Sep 2008
Used different ingredients. This was a super fast and easy recipe! My family really liked it but I did alter it a bit. I followed some suggestions of other reviewers and reduced the olive oil. I also added some spring onions. When the sauce was simmering, I added some dried garlic, dried basil and grated pecorino romano cheese. It was GREAT! - 29 Sep 2008
SOOO easy, but I wasn't crazy about the tomato puree. Since I was using garden fresh tomatoes, I wish I'd skipped the puree because I think it took away from the flavour of the fresh tomatoes. Can't beat it for ease and it was good- just not quite what I was looking for tonight. Thanks for the submission! - 29 Sep 2008