quick and easy basic tomato sauce

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41 Pinches
Pennsauken, NJ
Updated on Jul 15, 2012

This is so easy and cooks as fast as the pasta, I make this when I don't have time to make the "good sauce". It is so versatile I make this in so many ways, I add vodka and/or cream for a quick vodka/pink sauce, add basil, parsley, or red wine, make it your own.

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Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil, extra virgin
  • 1 - onion or if your in a hurry use the dried onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 can crushed tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt and pepper
  • 1 teaspoon sugar

How To Make quick and easy basic tomato sauce

  • Step 1
    Heat a 2 quart Pot, add the Olive Oil, put the onion in the food processor until you like the texture, my family does not like chunks of onion so I make sure they are processed, add onions to the pot, stir unti translucent
  • Step 2
    Add the garlic stir for a few seconds, add the can of tomatoes, stir
  • Step 3
    Once it comes to a boil add the remaining ingredients, stir and simmer for about 30 mins or until the thickness you like, or if in a big hurry add some tomato paste

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