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Basic Red Sauce

Quick and dirty pasta sauce
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Servings: 6 people
Course: Ingredient
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 114
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 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

Method
 

  1. 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
  2. Add onions, celery, Bell pepper (if used) Saute until onions turn translucent, about 5 minutes
  3. Add roasted garlic, and saute 1 minute or less, until the garlic of fragrant Add 1/2 fresh herbs / oregano
  4. Add tomatoes and bump up to high heat. Simmer at high for 5-7 minutes. Until just thickened
  5. Taste and check flavor / seasonings
  6. Remove from heat and add remaining herbs, to taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 114kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 2gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 600mgPotassium: 428mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1389IUVitamin C: 21mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 2mg

Notes

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.

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