Basic Tomato Sauce
photo by love4culinary
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Yields:
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4 cups
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Spanish onion, chopped into 1/4 inch dice
- 4 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves or 1 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1⁄2 medium carrot, finely shredded
- 2 (28 ounce) cans peeled whole tomatoes, crushed by hand and juices reserved
- salt, to taste
directions
- In a 3-quart saucepan, heat theolive oil oover medium heat.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft and light golden brown, about 8-10 minutes.
- Add the thyme and the carrot and cook 5 minutes more, until the carrot is quite soft.
- Add the tomatoes and juice and bring to a boil, stirring often.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 30 minutes, until as thick as hot cereal.
- Season with salt and serve.
- This sauce holds one week in the refrigerator or up to 6 months in the freezer.
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Reviews
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This tomato sauce is absolutely delicious. This will be my regular tomato sauce from now on, seriously! I needed tomato sauce to make nawja's chicken vindaloo, and I didnt have any, so I made yours using tons of tomatoes I had on hand. The flavors are just amazing, yet the ingredients are so simple!! I used the fresh thyme, and wouldnt use anything but fresh.
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This was really good! We used it on pizza made with s'kat's Easy Pizza Dough (#16331) and s'kat's Easy Cornmeal Crust, and it was delicious. My husband normally orders his pizza with no sauce (he's not a fan of thick tomato sauce), but I spread a very light layer on the pizza, and he loved it! Thanks, s'kat, for another great recipe!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
skat5762
Hampton Roads, Virginia
Food, felines, vino, photography