tomato sauce for pasta pizza etc

Liz19

I am sure I saw a recipe on here before but I can't find it. I have tinned tomatoes, onions, garlic, tomato puree, passata, a little leftover red wine and some dried herbs. Can anyone help me put some or all of these things together to make a nice sauce?

squeaky

If you look in the Cooking section of the MEGA Index sticky there are quite a few threads listed under "sauces" that will help you

intel

I cant find anything quicker....




HTH

Jet

Intel - With Pasta???? Yuck.

OP - I would fry the onions and garlic until soft, then add the other ingredients and simmer for about 20 mins. Easy peasy.

jack92

I would do what Jet suggests, but also add a teaspoon of sugar to balance the acidity of the tomatoes/passata.

Nicola

wigginsmum

A small sprinkle of cinnamon in a tomato sauce is nice.

Jules

Chris120A

Liz19 wrote:

I am sure I saw a recipe on here before but I can't find it. I have tinned tomatoes, onions, garlic, tomato puree, passata, a little leftover red wine and some dried herbs. Can anyone help me put some or all of these things together to make a nice sauce?

Chop and fry the onions and garlic together, until the onions start to go transparent, and the garlic starts getting brown. Season with a bit of salt and pepper. Add a big dollop of tomato puree and stir thoroughly, so it coats all the onions and garlic. Cook this on a high heat for about 5 mins. Turn the heat down slightly and add the passata and tinned tomatoes. Stir thoroughly again, then leave to simmer for 10 mins. Chuck in the herbs, simmer for another 5 mins. Drink the wine :beer: :money:

beachbeth

This is the best tomato sauce I have tasted and is worth all the chopping!

Fry 1 small onion in 3 tbs olive oil for a minute and then add 1 small carrot, finely chopped and 2 sticks celery, finely chopped. Fry for another 2 minutes. Add one 500ml can passata or one 500g can chopped tomatoes and a little salt and ground black pepper. Simmer for 30 minutes and then puree in a blender.

Very tasty!

(Of course you can add garlic if you wish and you can make double quantities and freeze it)

Pal

As above, but stick a slug of red wine vinegar and some olive oil in just before serving to give the sauce a bit of bite. You could do this when you are reheating it.

Liz19

Thank you so much everyone. I usually just buy a sauce but decided to give making my own a go.

weedav

SImple (and tasty) tomato sauce courtesty of Nigella...

Quickly soften some garlic in 5 tbsp of olive oil.

Add a tin of tomatoes.

Add about half a cup of Marigold Veg Stock and some parsley

Let it simmer down

YummmmY!!