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nondescript29 · 07-10-2013, 08:31 PM

Does anyone have a good recipe for fresh homemade pasta sauce? I've got all these damn heirloom tomatoes coming in and I'm trying to decide what to do with them. Short of caprese salad. Ooh... with balsamic.

Crap I want that now.

Pasta sauce? Anyone? Surprisingly I've never tried.

Sierra · 07-10-2013, 11:04 PM

Pasta sauce isn't hard, just messy.

Saute some onions and whatever other vegetables you like (I put bell pepper) in olive oil until they are soft in the bottom of a good stainless pot. Peel and seed your tomatoes, dice them up roughly and add to the pot with a little salt. Add your dried herbs now. I use oregano and pepper that's about it since a lot of it will be frozen and stored. You can also add some red wine now if you like it. Cook down at a fast simmer until you get the consistency you want. An immersion blender helps here if you like it smooth (which I don't). Once it's where you want it, add your fresh herbs (I use basil) and adjust the salt. And there you have it. Good basic tomato sauce for pasta or whatever you want to use it for.

Whatever you do, DON'T cook this in aluminum. You'll not only stain your pot but the sauce will taste funky.

I make this by the gallon, freeze it in gladware, and eat off my "extra" tomatoes all winter.

Hailo · 07-13-2013, 12:50 AM

I can't cook, I try and always fail. I buy from jars *hangs head in shame*

07-10-2013, 08:31 PM	#1
nondescript29 Privileged Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Under a rock, MI Posts: 974 Reputation: 17698	Speaking of my monthly visitor... Does anyone have a good recipe for fresh homemade pasta sauce? I've got all these damn heirloom tomatoes coming in and I'm trying to decide what to do with them. Short of caprese salad. Ooh... with balsamic. Crap I want that now. Pasta sauce? Anyone? Surprisingly I've never tried. __________________ It works better if you read it in a monotone.

07-10-2013, 11:04 PM	#2
Sierra Privileged Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,625 Reputation: 129196	Pasta sauce isn't hard, just messy. Saute some onions and whatever other vegetables you like (I put bell pepper) in olive oil until they are soft in the bottom of a good stainless pot. Peel and seed your tomatoes, dice them up roughly and add to the pot with a little salt. Add your dried herbs now. I use oregano and pepper that's about it since a lot of it will be frozen and stored. You can also add some red wine now if you like it. Cook down at a fast simmer until you get the consistency you want. An immersion blender helps here if you like it smooth (which I don't). Once it's where you want it, add your fresh herbs (I use basil) and adjust the salt. And there you have it. Good basic tomato sauce for pasta or whatever you want to use it for. Whatever you do, DON'T cook this in aluminum. You'll not only stain your pot but the sauce will taste funky. I make this by the gallon, freeze it in gladware, and eat off my "extra" tomatoes all winter. __________________ Although the most incisive judges of the witches and even the witches themselves were convinced of the guilt of witchcraft, this guilt nevertheless did not exist. Thus it is with all guilt.

07-13-2013, 12:50 AM	#3
Hailo Privileged Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: London baby! Posts: 1,662 Reputation: 34134	I can't cook, I try and always fail. I buy from jars hangs head in shame __________________ It's finally....very very slowly...getting back to normal

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