Tomato Sauce From Scratch
This Italian tomato sauce is super simple to make and tastes so much better than store-bought. This fantastic, flavorful sauce can be used for anything from a pizza to a quick spaghetti dinner.
What Tomatoes Are Best
Whole peeled tomatoes are best for making tomato sauce. This is due to the fact that they break down easily when cooked as they are canned fully intact, with less surface area exposed to the chemicals added to canned goods to keep them from breaking down too much. To use them for the sauce, you can crush them with your hands, puree them in a food processor or mash them with a potato masher.
How To Make Tomato Basil Sauce
Slice or chop the basil. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and saute the onion until transparent. Add the garlic and cook for about a minute until lightly browned (being careful not to let it get too dark). Add the tomatoes, fresh basil, salt, and pepper. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat for 15-20 minutes. Taste for seasoning before serving. Update Notes: This recipe was originally posted in 2014, but was published again in 2018 to include step by step directions, nutritional information, a video, and new photos. How long can tomato sauce be stored in the refrigerator? Stored properly in an airtight container, it can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days. Erren’s Kitchen is written and produced for informational intentions only. We are not certified nutritionists, and the nutritional information found on this site has not been assessed or authorized by a nutritionist or the FDA. The nutritional information found in our recipes is offered as an estimate and should not be considered a guarantee or fact. The estimated data is provided as a courtesy and calculated through a third-party online nutritional calculator, spoonacular API. Although we do our best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered rough estimates. Many factors, such as brands or products purchased and the nutritional fluctuations that naturally occur in fresh produce, can alter the effectiveness of the nutritional information in any recipe. Furthermore, various online calculators provide different results depending on their particular algorithms and nutrition fact sources. To obtain the most precise nutritional information in a provided recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the exact ingredients you are using when preparing the recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
