How do I make pasta sauce from scratch? (tonight!!_

[Smurfgirl]

I want to make a tomatoey pasta sauce for tonight.

I have tomatoes, garlic, and onions. What else do I need, and how do I do it?

blitz your onion and garlic together to make a paste. Do you have any basil or oregano? That can go in with the blitzing.

Are they tinned toms or whole toms? Chop tomatoes.

Heat a little oil in a pan, add the onion/garlic mix, cook for a few minutes. Add the tomatoes, some tomato puree if you have it, cook for a short while, add some water. Bring to boil and simmer.

Well,you have enough.
Slice onions,fry in a bit of oil.
Add garlic (and some thyme and/or oregano if you have.
Addd tomatoes (tinned?)
Simmer until a little thicker (20 mins)
Add a bit of sugar,salt and pepper.
Would be better still with some tomato puree.

Any other veg around to put in?

any origano, if you have throw that in the the toms

have you got bacon? or pancetta? and basil

It's dead easy - just chop the onion finely and fry in some oil (olive oil preferably, but veg or groundnut fine too), crush or finely chop the garlic and add that after about 4 minutes. Keep stirring until onion and garlic soft. Add tomatoes (chopped small). Add some salt and pepper and a pinch of herbs if you have some (basil, thyme, oregano - dried is fine). Simmer gently for about 15 minutes.

You can also add other veggies - eg a chopped pepper, courgette, aubergine, some mushrooms, some sweetcorn

HTH

I am mixing roasted veg into the sauce so won't bother adding to sauce mix, is that ok?

I only have freeze dried basil will that be ok to add (did ask dp to buy fresh herbs but he forgot)?

red wine is always good in tomato pasta sauce!

Whole toms BTW but also have tinned toms, which is better?

whichever you choose. I often use tinned tomatoes and cut up some whole ones.

If you use the whole tomatoes it gives a "fresher" taste.

The herbs will be fine!

LOL at 'if you have some wine on the go' as if I wouldn't

So. Fry onions up, add garlic, add fresh toms + sugar, bit of tom puree, bit of wine some basil...maybe can scrounge origano from housemate. Sound fine?

(know this should be obvious, but am not natural cook)

Lovely, not enough tomato, but I will improve it for next time