Description
Here's another one of our most simple (and seriously delicious) tomato sauces we like for making all kinds of pasta and lasagna. You can use any type of jarred tomato purée for this recipe, but today we're using a very special Mutti brand tomato "passata" (puréed tomatoes typically available in glass jars instead of tin cans). The sauce cooks up in just under 30 minutes) which is why we always have a jar on hand.
Ingredients
- 1 (20-ounce) jar of Mutti Sul Campo Tomato Passata (or your favorite jar of tomato purée) (560g)
- 2 to 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (25-40g)
- 1/2 small yellow or white onion, finely diced
- 1/2 small carrot, diced
- 1 to 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- salt to taste
- crushed red pepper (optional)
- basil leaf (optional)
Instructions
- Sauté the onion, carrots + garlic. Heat the olive oil and the smashed garlic over medium heat until fragrant and the clove is lightly blistered (about 1 to 2 minutes). Add the diced onion and carrots, stir and cook until the onions are translucent and the carrots are tender (about 5 minutes) and add the tomato purée. Pour a couple of tablespoons of water into the tomato jar and swirl it around to get every last bit of tomatoes to release from the sides and pour this into the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, and add salt to taste.
- Simmer the sauce. Cover the sauce with a lid left slightly ajar and continue cooking over low heat stirring occasionally. After about 15 minutes have passed, remove the lid and continue cooking for the remaining 10 minutes or so, or until the sauce is slightly reduced, glistening, and deep red in color. Remove the garlic clove. Serve with your favorite pasta like tagliatelle, pappardelle, rigatoni, spaghetti, penne, or layered into lasagna and Enjoy.
Notes
- If you're eating this sauce with pasta right away be sure to add a spoonful or two of pasta cooking water to the sauce just before the noodles have finished cooking. This helps the sauce bind to and coat the noodles making it extra delicious.
- To make the bowl of pasta taste even better you can always add freshly grated Parmigiano or Grana Padano, or Parmesan to taste.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Sauces + Spreads + Dips
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 cup
