Stop canning around and try this simple recipe!
Complexity Level: Easy
What You Need:
10 Roma Tomatoes
5 Cloves Garlic, prssed to crush
1/2 Yellow Onion, chopped
1/2 Leek (the bottom half), chopped
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp White Pepper
1 tbsp Sugar
4 Basil Leaves
1 tsp Dried Oregano
1 tsp Salt
4 Basil Leaves
1 tsp Dried Oregano
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Butter
1 tsp Olive Oil
1/2 cup Tomato Paste
1/2 tsp Crushed Red Pepper FlakesTo start, place the whole tomatoes, garlic, onion and leeks into a sauce pan with 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then lower to simmer and cover. Let this cook 10 minutes.
While the sauce components are simmering start boiling your pasta. This way you are multi tasking and saving time! Cook your favorite pasta to a nice al denti state, drain, and set aside for the sauce to come!
Remove from heat and strain (saving the water). Gently peel the skin from the tomatoes and discard. Place all the strained ingredients into a blender with 1/2 cup of the water saved. Add the sugar, basil, salt, oregano, red pepper flakes, tomato paste, and olive oil, and puree.
Because this is hot, hold the lid down hard on the blender. Otherwise you may end up painting the walls in real life edible wallpaper (the tomatoes taste like tomatoes!) If you want a thinner consistency, add more of the water. Finally after all is pureed, add the butter and pulsate 8-10 times to give the sauce a nice shine! Toss in your favorite pasta, and add salt, pepper, and cheese to taste!
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I added artichokes, carrots, and yellow squash to mine! Yummmmm ;) |
Mangiamo!
What a FANTASTIC sauce! I love that it's done is about the same time that pasta is cooked! Your site is looking terrific, too! I've been out of town, so I've not been commenting....I hope you are well!
ReplyDeleteAnn welcome Bach ! Traveling is both rewarding and exhausting. I hope it went smooth for you! This sauce was just what a cold snowy day ordered: filling, warn, simple and healthy!! It does cook just as the pasta does- gotta love time crunching;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping back and have a fabulous week!!
Looks just delicious! I love pasta with just a tomato sause!
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I am so looking forward to growing Roma tomatoes this year and this sauce will be made.
ReplyDeleteElpiniki -- Thanks so much!! I'm super excited that Bargain bites found you, and you found it! This sauce was jsut delicious!!! I will check out your blog ASAP!!!
ReplyDeleteShaheen -- WONDERFUL! Andso simple! I mean, what's stopping with just this recipe? Make it your own! Thanks for taking time to visit me!
Mmmm... I'd have to make gallons of this, because I can already tell I'd want it on everything!
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