Basic Red Sauce
Quick and dirty pasta sauce
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 30 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr
Course Ingredient
Cuisine Italian
Servings 6 people
Calories 114 kcal
- 1 ea Large Sweet Onion Peeled, diced
- 1 ea Carrot Peeled, diced
- 1 ea Celery Stalk Washed, Diced
- 1 ea Large Bell Pepper Washed, Seeded, Diced
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 ea Garlic Button Roasted
- 1 can Tomato Sauce 28oz, Good Quality
- 1 Bunch Fresh Parsley Washed, Dried, finely chopped
- 1 Bunch Fresh Basil Washed, Dried, finely chopped
- 1 tsp Oregano Dried.
- Salt / Pepper To taste
In a large saute pan, not a sauce pot,
Over medium high heat, add oil
add carrots, (if used)
Saute 3 minutes, until they begin to soften
Add onions, celery, Bell pepper (if used)
Saute until onions turn translucent, about 5 minutes
Add roasted garlic, and saute 1 minute or less, until the garlic of fragrant
Add 1/2 fresh herbs / oregano
Add tomatoes and bump up to high heat.
Simmer at high for 5-7 minutes.
Until just thickened
Taste and check flavor / seasonings
Remove from heat and add remaining herbs, to taste.
If the sauce gets too thick, one can add vegetable broth, or other stock. I'll be playing with mushroom broth this evening.
As with my other basic red sauce, this can be used as part of a follow on meal. ( A polite way of saying reuse leftovers ...
If the basic canned sauce is bitter, one MIGHT add a pinch of baking powder to try and cut the bitterness, or add a bit of sugar. In most cases this will not work extremely well, but it is a chance.. Most times, I will just dump the can.
Calories: 114kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 600mgPotassium: 428mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1389IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 2mg