how can i make a spaghetti sauce from scratch?

Question

just using a tin of chopped tomatoes, what else can i add

Answer 1

First thing to know about tomato sauce is that you either cook it for less than 10 minutes or longer than an hour. Anything in between and it will taste bitter.

For a quick tomato sauce
1. Heat a generous glug of olive oil in a saucepan.
2 Take a whole, peeled clove of garlic and brown it in the oil until it is fairly dark.
3. Remove the garlic clove and discard it. This gives a lovely rich garlicky flavour to the oil.
4. Add the tin of tomatoes along basil, oregano, salt, pepper and a dessert spoon of sugar.
5. Heat through for a couple of minutes (no more than 10) and serve immediately. This sauce actually works best with fresh peeled tomatoes in summer, but tinned work ok too.

For a slow tomato sauce
Do as above, but after step 3 add a tin of tomato concentrate and fry it gently in the olive oil for a minute until it darkens in colour slightly. Then add the tin of tomatoes and continue as outlined above. But this time let the sauce cook and reduce for at least an hour.

Have fun.

Answer 2

I make a simple quick tomato sauce to throw on angel hair in about 15 minutes.

In a frying pan I sautee up 1/2 onion and 2 cloves of garlic in about a 1/4 cup of olive oil, salt and pepper on a low heat. Once the onions and garlic are soft. Add your can of tomatoes. Let this simmer for about 10 minutes. Then add your almost cooked angel hair (or any pasta) to the sauce and continue cooking. TIP: reserve a little bit of your pasta water you may need to add it to your sauce once you add the pasta. You should taste you may need to add a little salt and pepper. Let it cook while you are tossing it about 2 - 3 minutes. When you take it off the heat tear 3 - 5 basil leaves in it with some parm cheese. Toss and serve! It's one of the lightest pasta dishes you will ever eat!

Answer 3

A little olive oil in a pot...add garlic cloves and whatever meat you want which could be chicken,pork,beef,turkey,and so on...simmer on alow med heat until all the flavors marry. add a tomatoa sauce from a can,the cheap stuff works great...continue to simmer until meat is soft. You can add mushrooms,peppers,zucchini,or whatever you want. Salt if you feel it needs it. add a little cayenne if you like the heat.If the sauce is too tart or acidy,you can add a little brown sugar to mellow the sauce. A small can of tomato paste will thicken it if you like yours really thick.Also a little red wine will add depth. Perhaps the wine you may drink to accompany the pasta. Not too much though!Add a little then mix,look,taste and go from there.Then enjoy!!

Answer 4

I had to learn this to marry an Italian man.

Pour about 2TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil in bottom of pan.
Add 1 medium-large diced onion.
cook about 5 min, until soft.
Add 5-10 pieces of garlic, minced.
cook 1-3 min longer.
Add 2 24oz cans of tomatoe sauce.
Add 2 24 oz cans of tomatoe puree.
Rinse cans with a little water and add water to pot.
stir well.
add dried basil & oregano, over top of sause, about 1/4 cup each.
stir well.
Cook on low for many, many hours. The longer the better.
Make this in the morning for dinner tonight!!
I will even taste better tomorrow after sitting in the fridge over night.

Answer 5

The chopped tomatoes, a can of tomato sauce, garlic, onion, oregano, other spices you like.

And sugar....when you make sauce from scratch you have to add sugar or it will be too tomatoey....
Start with about a tablespoon, and taste test it to the level you like it.

Answer 6

I use chopped tomatoes, basil, salt, pepper,garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and onions and a bit of tomato puree to thicken it up. If you like it spicy just add some chilli

Answer 7

the sauce is simple,follow other peoples recipies,what makes it spcial is the pasta-go to jhon lewis,buy a simple pasta machine only around £30 or less,
buy a kilo of tipo 00 flour from a deli, seperate 11 egg yolks(keep the whites for a dessert,i.e merangue-double suger to whites whisk till u can hold it over your head and it doesnt fall,bake at 30 degrees till hard fill with strwberrys and cream) use 7 whole eggs,mix the 2 together add to flour,add a touch of olive oil and salt,roll to a ball clingfilm put in fridge for minimum 20 mins the roll in the machine ive used this recipie in many a restaurant ive worked in never fails,this recipie feeds 40 so make it freeze it and use it whenever,simply the best and always urs,any more info u want email me

Answer 8

ok, in a sauce pan put in some butter, fry in that some carrot, celery, onion and garlic. wait til they are softening and then add your chopped tomatoes. let it simmer for about 10 mins then blitz it but not to a full puree leave a bit of bit to it, then fry some mince and mushrooms with plenty seasoning til brown add together leave for 2 ,mins and then serve with spaghetti!
yummy

Answer 9

Fry some onions and garlic, add a squirt of tomato puree and a spoon of brown sugar add tomato's black pepper and a bay leaf or two a splash of red wine and simmer for ten fifteen mins.

Answer 10

Salt, pepper, garlic, oregano, basil, marjoram, mushrooms, onions, tomato puree, red wine, stock cube to intensify flavour, teaspoon of sugar to add richness. For a meat sauce, add mince, for veggie sauce try courgettes, peppers, red onions. For a bit of extra oomph, try adding chili flakes or chopped chilis.