tomato sauce for pasta pizza etc

nimbo

onion, finely chopped softened up in a small amount of olive oil....
add some peppers (corgettes, and sweetcorn (i add sweetcorn to everyting though )), and a tin of chopped tomatoes, roughly chop basil, stir in and bob's your Uncle....

afterglow_2

warm up couple tablespoons olive oil,
add finely chopped small onion, sweat till translucent,
add a finely grated carrot and courgette, sweat for few minutes,
add crushed garlic clove, and tin chopped tomatoes,spoonful of red wine vinegar (or balsamic), half teaspoon of sugar, fresh thyme and oregano, and salt and pepper and simmer for 5-10 minutes.
you can vary the herbs and add, meat at the onion stage, and diced celery to make a ragu,or sweetcorn at the end!

nat82

I fry off a finely chopped onion and some garlic in olive oil, once softened I add 1 tin of chopped tomatoes, 2 tbsp tomato puree, 2 teaspoons of sugar then let it cook for about 20-30 minutes (I don't actually time it!). You can add any other type of veg you want. This was how my Nana made her pasta sauce and she was Italian!

GetOrganised

I'm not the only one then, I add sweetcorn to absolutely everything too!
Love the sound of Nimbo's suggestion. (Actually they all sound nice, but only Nimbo's was showing when I went to reply!)

Penelope_Penguin

munchings-n-crunchings wrote: »

Looking forward to some suggestions, and please feel free to suggest any milk / cheese free ideas, :T

Thanks

Munchie

Love the user name :T We have a whole thread of tomato based rescipes, so I'll add this thread to give you lots of ideas

Penny. x

tomstickland

Here's my personal method, works really well, this has meat in it,
-fry onions and mushrooms in olive oil
-add minced meat, fry until dark brown
-add 2 tins of tomatos and any herbs
-cook for hour or two, firstly with lid on, latterly with lid off to steam out the water

Taadaa

Does anyone have a recipe for a tomato based pasta sauce that is uses fresh tomatoes? I am expecting a glut any day now, although also useful for using ones just about to go off. All the ones I have seen on the internet use tinned toms.

freezspirit

sorry got to be quick got to take cat to vet but here's a couple:

http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/004234basic_tomato_sauce.php

http://www.helpwithcooking.com/sauces/tomato-sauce.html

and here some ideas what to do with the sauce

http://www.easydinnerrecipes.co.uk/many-uses-for-tomato-based-sauce.html

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

I cut the tomatoes into chunks and drizzle with olive oil, cracked black pepper and rock salt and roast in the oven or remoska....I then tip them into a big bowl and add a dollop of marscapone and blitz-I freeze this in batches as and when I get a tomato glut -last years batches lasted until a few weeks ago.
I do variations -throwing in chopped peppers, aubergines, courgette, chilli etc -depending what is ready from the garden ..I always blitz them to a sauce -then add extra chunks of veggies when Im making the pasta bake etc...
hope that ramble helps

freezspirit

Ok back from vets, cat had a lucky escape he hasn't blinded his right eye but maybe damaged his muscult nerve and that's why he can't close it.

I basically do what Mrsmcawber does but without cheese and roast the tomatoes with some chopped onions and garlic, also I tend to use different herbs on different batches, one thing I would say don't tempted to add water, if you are going to freeze it, as I find the more liquid, it will seperate when freezing and takes up more space in freezer, others have said it gives a weaker taste. If you don't like a thick sauce add water when you use it.