Name: Homemade Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1/2 medium onion, finely chopped; 1 small carrot or 1/2 large carrot, finely chopped; 1 small stalk of celery, including the green tops, finely chopped; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley; 1 clove garlic, minced; 1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil; 1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, including the juice, or 1 3/4 pound of fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped; 1 teaspoon tomato paste; Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Making homemade tomato sauce is easy. Simply simmer tomatoes, herbs, veggies, and olive oil to make something magical. With our recipe you can use canned or fresh tomatoes for a versatile sauce to use on pizza, pasta and more.

Ingredients

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/2 medium onion, finely chopped

1 small carrot or 1/2 large carrot, finely chopped

1 small stalk of celery, including the green tops, finely chopped

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

1 clove garlic, minced

1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil

1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoes, including the juice, or 1 3/4 pound of fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and chopped

1 teaspoon tomato paste

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1 Gently cook the onion, carrot, celery, and parsley: Heat olive oil in a large wide skillet on medium heat. Add the chopped onion, carrot, celery and parsley. Stir to coat. Reduce the heat to low, cover the skillet and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally until the vegetables are softened and cooked through. Simply Recipes / Michelle Becker

2 Add the garlic: Remove cover and add the minced garlic. Increase the heat to medium high. Cook for garlic for 30 seconds.

3 Add the tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, salt, pepper and then simmer: Add the tomatoes, including the juice and shredding them with your fingers if you are using canned whole tomatoes. Simply Recipes / Michelle Becker Add the tomato paste and the basil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring to a low simmer, reduce the heat to low and cook, uncovered until thickened, about 15 minutes. Simply Recipes / Michelle Becker Optional, purée for smooth sauce: If you want you can push the sauce through a food mill, or purée it in a blender or with an immersion blender, to give it a smooth consistency. Refrigerate the sauce in a tightly covered container for up to 1 week. Tomato sauce can stain plastic containers, so either use glass or a plastic container that you don't mind getting stained. Did you enjoy this recipe? Let us know with a rating and review!