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Can you share your tomato pasta sauce recipes please?

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Nextphonewontbesamsung · 15/08/2019 17:55

I make this at least once a month and have been using more or less the same recipe/method for years.

Just wondered if I could tweak it a bit and ring the changes.

How do you make yours?

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JenMumsnet · 15/08/2019 19:17

I have to be honest, I am a lazy cook. So mine is fairly easy.
I dice a red onion and a couple of cloves of garlic and fry them. Then I add a jar of passata.
Gently simmer, but I also add a handful of chopped olives and capers.
Then depending on what I have I raid my fridge and will add some of the following, chopped artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomatoes, roasted peppers etc.... I will also add 2 anchovies as it gives it a kind of savoury taste and a spoonful of pesto.
Then I just let it simmer until the pasta is ready.

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BertrandRussell · 15/08/2019 19:20

The two tins of posh tomatoes, half a packet of butter and slow simmer for ages one is very good.

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MiltonRoad · 15/08/2019 19:20
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BertrandRussell · 15/08/2019 19:22

Otherwise JenMumsnet’s. Except it is worth blitzing some celery and carrot to cook down with the onion.

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BoomyBooms · 15/08/2019 19:22

Stumbled across this by accident and now we love it- Do whatever you normally do, but add a beef Bovril cube and simmer for a while...best if you're adding meat to it but I also do it even if I'm not!

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AbuelitaAyahuasca · 15/08/2019 19:24

Do you have a slow cooker? The longer it cooks the better - usually start with either garlic or onion plus diced celery and carrots in olive oil, add cans of tomatoes and leave it to cook all day.

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hollyangel · 15/08/2019 19:27

I second the 4 ingredient one posted above. Amazing flavour, I think it's the butter.

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NiceRadFem · 15/08/2019 19:27

Hi, mum's from Tuscany and this is her best recipe:

  • simmer together tinned toms, onions, carrot, celery and any vegetable you like for 30cminutes (aubergines and courgettes are particularly nice).


  • when it is cooked add salt, good quality olive oil, lots of fresh basil (you could also add a little fresh garlic and parsley if using aubergines).


  • whizz up with processor/blender.


It makes a really fresh tasting sauce that is really crisp - excellent to use for veg lasagne too. Vegan. gluten free. Non binary too, probably. ;)
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gowgow · 15/08/2019 19:34

Mine is slightly different every time I make it, but the "secret" ingredient is balsamic vinegar.

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Amalfimamma · 15/08/2019 19:35

I use Italian tomatoes (asda or Tesco own brand are made in Southern Italy)

I heat up my saucepan (I use one cast iron pan to make sauce) then I add some extra virgin olive oil, a clove of garlic and leave it a few minutes. I add my tomatoes squashing them as I add them, the add a little water to the Tina and swish to get the rest of the juice, add the water, add a punch of salt and stir (wooden spoon as a metal one will bring out the acidity in the tomatoes). I bring it to a boil, lower the heat and cover and let cook for at least 30 minutes stirring occasionally.

If the sauce if for the kids i make an 8 veg sauce and the blitz it all

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myrtleWilson · 15/08/2019 19:44

Marcella Hazan - every time!

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