Homemade tomato sauce from scratch is easy! Boil tomatoes, herbs, vegetables and olive oil to make something magical. Start with canned or fresh tomatoes in this tomato sauce recipe. Use it for pasta, pizza and more.
In this recipe
-
Tomatoes vs. Marinara Sauce
-
Canned or fresh tomatoes
-
Cool
-
Freeze
-
canned goods
BE PICTURED IN; CHARACTERIZED IN:
1:20
Check out this beginner-friendly tomato sauce recipe
Here’s a recipe for an easy tomato sauce that starts with a soffritto of onions, carrots, and celery simmered in a little olive oil, to which garlic, tomatoes, and spices are added.
Simple and delicious!
The sauce can be refined with mushrooms, sausage, olives, wine and all kinds of vegetables. What’s your favorite tomato sauce recipe?
Tomato Sauce vs. Marinara Sauce
Marinara sauce is a simpler sauce than tomato sauce. A traditional marinara has tomatoes, garlic and basil. Tomato sauce has more ingredients, including onions, carrots, celery, and additional spices. Any recipe that calls for marinara can also use tomato sauce, although it changes the flavor slightly.
Canned tomatoes or fresh tomatoes in tomato sauce
When tomatoes are in season, fresh tomatoes go great in this sauce. But if tomatoes aren’t in season and your only option is store-bought tomatoes, which can be tasteless, canned tomatoes are a better choice for homemade tomato sauce. Note that cooking time may take longer if you use fresh tomatoes.
CONTINUE READING:
How long does homemade tomato sauce keep?
Store in a tightly closed container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week. Tomato sauce can stain plastic containers, so use glass or plastic containers that you don’t mind staining.
How to Freeze Homemade Tomato Sauce
Freeze in a freezer safe bag or ziplock container for up to 3 months, being careful to allow room for expansion when freezing. Tomato sauce can stain plastic containers, so if you choose to freeze in a plastic container, make sure you don’t mind if it stains.
Thaw overnight in the refrigerator or on the stovetop over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally.
CONTINUE READING:
Tomato sauce for canning
There isn’t enough acidity in this tomato sauce recipe to make it double boiler, but you can preserve it in a pressure cooker. Check out this Basil Garlic Tomato Sauce recipe if you want to double boiler.
What to serve with tomato sauce
Where do we start? Use tomato sauce as a dip for cheese bread, garlic bread, or mozzarella sticks. Cover noodles or vegetables with it. Use it to simmer eggs in tomato sauce until cooked to your liking, or to boil boiled kidney beans. Tomato sauce can also be the red sauce used to steam mussels.
Recipes for presenting tomato sauce from scratch
- lasagne
- Vegetarian lasagna with spinach and mushrooms
- Eggplant with parmesan
- Meatballs filled with mozzarella in tomato sauce
- Baked beans in tomato sauce
From the editors of Simply Recipes
Homemade tomato sauce
ingredients
-
2 tablespoon Extra virgin olive oil
-
1/2 Middle Onion, finely chopped
-
1 small carrot or 1/2 large carrot, finely chopped
-
1 small rib celeryincluding the green tips, finely chopped
-
2 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
-
1 clove garlic, chopped
-
1/2 teaspoon dried basil or 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
-
1 (28 ounce) can whole tomatoesincluding juice, or 1 3/4 pounds fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded and chopped
-
1 teaspoon tomato paste
-
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper taste
method
-
Gently cook onion, carrot, celery and parsley:
Heat olive oil in a large, wide skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chopped onion, carrot, celery and parsley. Stir to coat. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender and cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes.
-
Add Garlic:
Remove the lid and add the chopped garlic. Increase the heat to medium-high. For garlic, cook for 30 seconds.
-
Add tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, salt, pepper and let simmer:
Add the tomatoes, including the juice, and if using canned whole tomatoes, crush them with your fingers.
Add tomato paste and basil. Season with salt and pepper.
Bring to a simmer, reduce heat to low and cook, uncovered, until thickened, about 15 minutes.
Optional, puree for a smooth sauce: If you like, you can press the sauce through a food grinder or puree in a blender or with an immersion blender to give it a smooth consistency.
| nutritional information (per serving) | |
|---|---|
| 73 | calories |
| 5g | Fat |
| 7g | carbohydrates |
| 1g | protein |
