Anyone know how to make a good homemade tomato sauce?

Answer 1

Spaghetti Sauce

Ingredients

(4 servings)

1/2 c Onion slices
2 tb Olive oil
1 lb Ground beef
2 Garlic cloves; minced
2 lb Canned tomatoes; 4 cups
16 oz Canned tomato sauce; 2 cups
3 oz Canned mushrooms; 2/3 cup
1/4 c Parsley
1 1/2 ts Oregano
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Thyme
1 Bay leaf
1 c Water


Instructions

In large skillet, cook onion in hot oil until almost tender. Add meat and garlic; brown lightly. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer uncovered 2 to 2 1/2 hours or till sauce is thick; stir occasionally. Remove bay leaf. Serve over hot spaghetti. Garnish with Parmesan cheese, if desired. NOTE: One pound of spaghetti will serve 4 to 6 as a main dish with sauce.

Award-Winning 15 Minute Spaghetti Sauce:
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

1/2 diced green pepper
1/2 diced onion
2 chopped tomatoes
1/2 c red or white wine
1/2 c cream or milk
1 your favorite spices basil,
-oregano; , etc.
1 salt & pepper

Instructions

Heat olive oil in large skillet till water sizzles. Add 1/2 diced
green pepper, 1/2 diced onion, 1 to 2 crushed & diced cloves garlic,
and a couple chopped large tomatoes (peeled if you prefer). You can
also add other veggies if you wish. After they saute for about 5
minutes, add one cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup red or white wine (or
stock, or water from the cooking pasta), and 1/2 cup cream (or milk).
Flavor with a sprinkle of oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Turn down
heat and simmer about 5 minutes. Serve over pasta. This sauce is
quite different from the normal cook-all-day sauces; it is more fresh
and vibrant, but not as complex. It will accomodate almost any
vegetable you choose to add. Try eggplant or broccoli or asparagus,
just to name a few.


Spaghetti Sauce Seasoning Mix
Yield: 1 Servings

Ingredients

1/2 c onion flakes
1/2 c parsley flakes
2 tb dried oregano, crumbled
2 tb sugar
1 tb each of dried thyme and
-basil, crum; bled
2 ts black pepper
1 ts garlic flakes
4 lg bay leaves, crumbled fine.

Instructions

from: Reader's Digest Great recipes for Good Health

You can cut the time it takes to make spaghetti sauce by keeping this mix
on hand. And its better for you than sodium-laden store bought brands.

Place all the ingredients in a 1 pint jar, cover tightly and shake well to
mix. store in a cool ,dark dry place for up to 2 months. Makes about 1 1/2
cups

SPAGHETTI SAUCE: In a medium sized heavy saucepan over moderate heat, mix
together 2 cans (28 oz each) low sodium tomatoes, drained and chopped, 1
can (6 oz) low sodium tomato paste, and 1 cup water. Stir in 1/2 cup of
Spaghetti Sauce seasoning mix. Reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, for
20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Spoon over spaghetti and other pasta.
note: for spaghetti sauce with meat, brown 1 pound of very lean ground beef
or turkey and drain off any fat before adding the other ingredients and
proceeding as directed. serves 4

1/2 cup mix : calories 72 Fat 0 sodium 6mg

Answer 2

Home Made Tomato Sauce

When making a Basic Tomato Sauce, try this tip I was given by chef Ricco Deluca. Save the rinds from used Parmesan cheese, add them to the sauce while cooking and remove when done.

tomato pressI like to make a big batch and freeze it, so I use large #10 cans of tomatoes that I purchase from Costco. The hardest part of this recipe is de-seeding the tomatoes. The seeds are removed because they make the sauce bitter. It’s a pain in the neck, but a must if you want to enhance the flavor of the sauce. I start out by pulsing the tomatoes in my food processor. You don’t want to puree the tomatoes, just break them up some. I then push the pulp through a strainer saving the pulp and juice and throwing out the seeds and tomato membrane. You can also use a food mill to remove the seeds.

I don’t add a lot of other ingredients except for garlic and chicken stock. Although most recipes I’ve seen don’t add chicken stock, I like it because it adds flavor and volume to the sauce. Remember, this is a base sauce and you will add other ingredients as recipes call for them. I also add a little sugar to sweeten the sauce, but you can also sauté some carrots and add them for the same effect.

Also, this recipe calls for a Sachet. This is a piece of cheese cloth filled with herbs and spices, tied into a bundle with a piece of kitchen string and added to the cooking sauce to add flavor. I prefer to use fresh herbs, but that is not always possible, so my Sachet for this recipe includes dried herbs. It is removed when the sauce is finished.

Basic Tomato Sauce
INGREDIENTS

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Homemade Tomato Sauce

Sachet:

2 bay leaves

8 black peppercorns

1 tablespoon dried basil

1 tablespoon dried oregano

1 tablespoon dried thyme

Sauce:

1 1/2 bulbs (not cloves) garlic, peeled and chopped

3 tablespoons of oils

2- #10 cans of tomatoes (102 oz. each) including juice

5 cups of chicken stock

3 tablespoons of sugar
PREP WORK

Other than prepping the garlic by peeling and chopping it, just get the rest of the ingredients together and you are ready to go.


HOW TO MAKE AT HOME

1. Heat oil in a large heavy bottomed pot and sauté the garlic. Be careful not to burn the garlic, it will ruin the sauce.

2. Drain the tomatoes reserving the juice. While the garlic is cooking, start the de-seeding process and add to the pot when the garlic is golden. Keep de-seeding the tomatoes and adding the pulp to the pot.

3. Add the reserved tomato juice, Sachet, chicken stock, and sugar.

4. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until the sauce is reduced by half. This will take anywhere from 2-3 hours stirring every once and awhile.

5. When the sauce is finished, remove the Sachet.



This may seem like a lot of work because it is, but I know you will be pleased with the outcome. The problem is you won’t be able to eat canned tomato sauce again. Not the worst that could happen! Enjoy. RG

Answer 3

Yes!

BASIC TOMATO MARINARA SAUCE

2 cans whole tomatoes (Tuttorosso brand preferred)
Oil
2 garlic cloves, sliced
2 tsp. parsley
2 tsp. basil
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. black pepper
2 tsp. Locatella Romano cheese

1. In a large sauce pot brown 2 sliced cloves of garlic in oil (enough to cover bottom of 6 quart pot).
2. Do not burn garlic.

3. Discard browned garlic.

4.Add 2 cans of whole tomatoes that have been thoroughly pureed in blender.

5. Season with 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1 bay leaf, 2 teaspoons basil, 2 teaspoons parsley and 2 teaspoons cheese.

Enjoy!

Answer 4

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Answer 5

The trick is to boil tomatoes, and then puree them. Then add any spices you like. :)

Answer 6

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