pasta sauce recipes

geordie_joe

thelawnet wrote: »

Aaaah, finely chopped onion, why didn't they say that!

Swan_2

geordie_joe wrote: »

Aaaah, finely chopped onion, why didn't they say that!

LandyAndy wrote:

So it's an onion masquerading as a shredded cabbage?

it's dried chopped onion, which is why it looks like that & why it's used for convenience in manufactured sauces

I grind it up to use in my home made Fajita powder mix

leiela

Anyone got any nice recipes for HM Pasta sauces??the type you just mix in with pasta and eat.

im looking for ones i can make in advance and possibly freeze for nights when i don't have time to cook a proper meal.

Pink.

Hi leiela,

I find most pasta sauce freezes well, even cream based ones. There's a thread with lots of pasta sauce recipes so I'll add your thread to it.

This thread might help too:

Quick and Easy Tomato Sauce for Pasta Required

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Pretani

I had this the other day and it was fab. buy yourself some Batchelors pasta 'N sauce (chicken and mushroom flavour), add some milk and double cream, a bay leaf and a small pinch of cajun seasoning and simmer for 15 mins.

Alternatively if you haven't got the bachelors packets, you can add a good quality chicken cube or stock to the milk, cream, bayleaf and cajun. then just pour over the pasta.

vivw_2

some wonderful recipes but which are closer to the ones you buy in a jar. Want to start making my own and don't want OH to notice

mhairib_2

hi there
just wondering if anyone has a receipes for homemade pasta sauces?? Im trying to cut back on buying jars of sauces and batch cook some so I can freeze for use later.

thanks
mhairi

CCP

My favourite one is simple tomato and onion - finely chop an onion and some garlic (amount up to you!), fry in a splash of oil until golden, add a tin of chopped tomatoes, some seasoning and a pinch of dried herbs, and simmer until thickened.

I love it because it's really easy to add in different flavours - dried chilli and chopped red pepper for a spicy sauce, bacon or sausage (cooked with the onion and garlic) for a meaty one, chopped or grated cheese to make cheese and tomato sauce... and probably lots more when I start thinking about it!

I've never tried freezing the sauce, but it should freeze pretty well, I should think.

HTH.

gizmo111

Passata or chopped tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, garlic, slug of red wine, black pepper - chuck the whole lot in a large frying pan with small amount of olive oil, stir for about 5 mins then I finish off in slow cooker for about 2 hours. My girls don't like seeing onions and mushrooms so I whizz it in the blender then use/freeze as required.

saver_sam

Mine's similar to CCP's simple tomato one but I add a splash of Worcester Sauce to give it some extra taste and only season with the pepper.