This is a very simple recipe to make and tastes great too. This sauce tastes extra good if you add fried meatballs or pork spareribs to the sauce. Another good addition is a can of drained peas, if you like them. Happy eating!
Great, simple and easy. I make this in a crockpot and use 3 finely grated carrots instead of the sugar. Turns out great and freezes great.
Read MoreIt is a pretty good recipe.not needed and take it out. So is it "7 ingredient" or "9 ingredient" tomato sauce?
Read More Great, simple and easy. I make this in a crockpot and use 3 finely grated carrots instead of the sugar. Turns out great and freezes great.
Yes I just would like to you should definitely use almost a tsp. of sugar to help w/ the acidity of the tomatoes, and to make sure if you are using meatballs and spareribs to cook them for the full three hours in the sauce!!! Enjoy!
Great! Easy and just like my nana's. I froze the rest and later used it in cacciatore with peppers and onions and chili so far.
Instead of garlic I use onions. I think the garlic contrbutes to the bitterness which is why sugar is needed. I have never had to use sugar. Make sure you stir the paste constantly so it cooks. I also add I can of water which also cut down on the acidity but still keeps the sauce thick. This is my Italy born mother's recipe.
The recipe reminds me of my italian friends regular sauce. I added a little of oregano, because the sauce was a little sweet. I also added some italian link sausages. YUMMY!!!!!
This is my favorite tomato sauce and it's great as is! Works wonderfully in lasagna and is delicious on its own.
Pretty good basic tomato sauce. I didn't have tomato puree, so I omitted it. I also omitted the salt. As for the minced garlic, pepper, dried basil, and sugar, I eyeballed it. I also added 1/2 sauteed chopped onion and a good amount of dried spices from my Italian jar. Oh, and I cooked it nowhere near 3 hours; more like 20-30 minutes until I got impatient.
Love this sauce! I saute diced onion with the garlic as well. I also add some oregano and bay leaves. So yummy!
It is a pretty good recipe.not needed and take it out. So is it "7 ingredient" or "9 ingredient" tomato sauce?
Super easy and tasty recipe! It makes a great base sauce that you can alter by adding meat, veggies, cheese, spices or spice! Freezes great! In reference to WildBill's comment "...a pretty good recipe, though in the title it says "7" ingredient tomato sauce, but for some reason I count 9 ingredients. They need to rename the recipe or find out which 2 ingredients are not needed and take it out. So is it "7 ingredient" or "9 ingredient" tomato sauce?" Technically this is a 7 ingredient sauce. The second ingredient, tomato, happens to be in three different forms (paste, puree, and crushed). So the title is technically accurate.
Very good basic recipe. I SKIP the sugar and add grated carrots in its place. Very, very good. Adds the sweetness without adding white sugar. I sauté the carrots with garlic and onion.
For those who don't like the acidity in tomatoes, an old Italian trick is a pinch of baking soda in the sauce. I love this recipe!
Very easy and very good. Will keep these ingredients in the cupboard for a quick company dinner.
Very easy, tasty, and I like it with just a little sugar. Good even without meat.
A tsp of baking soda can eliminate the acidity of the tomatoes. Add while cooking.
This is the same my families, except my mom would use oregano. Also by caramelizing the tomato paste, I rarely need sugar.
Three hours is unnecessarily long for a simple sauce like this. It will be fine in 30-45 minutes. If you cook meat in the sauce, a longer time is justified.
Excellent! I sauteed 1/2 of a diced onion with the garlic for personal preference. Also increased the sugar to 2Tbsp. Tastes just like my Italian Grandma's "Sunday Gravy"!!
This is almost exactly my family recipe for red sauce. A few changes; we add 1 chopped onion, sauteed with garlic. No sugar, we use a carrot; peeled and cut into big pieces that can be removed later to sweeten sauce. Also, 1/2 peeled potatoe (to be removed later) to cut down on acid & salt.
I've been making this style sauce for ages. For variations I may add a bit of crushed red pepper and/or some red wine. Also I some times add mild or hot italian sausage, cut into pieces. I just add the uncooked sausage to the sauce and cook as directed for about 3 hours. The sausage comes out really moist and tender.
I have a very similiar recipe, try browning some diced pancetta in the olive oil first, remove and brown your garlic and/or onions in the fat. Add the pancetta back to finished sauce. Delicious!!!
a little trick to lessen the bitterness I learned from watching Giada is to add about a tablespoon of real butter just before serving...still use the sugar too. It does help.
Great basic tomato sauce recipe. Change the 2tsps basil to 2 TBs basil and you'll have no need for sugar & it is much healthier...I'd also add 1 TB oregano.
this is the sauce my mother makes. not as many garlic cloves though. and no sugar. very good.
I just a 1/2 cup of red wine and it puts this recipe over the top. to turn it into a meat sauce I add 1# of ground chuck when browning the onions. drain the grease before adding the tomato's
Wow, some of the negative reviews for this are so nasty. Gross? This is how red sauce is made. You may not like this recipes, but what's gross about it? I make this same sauce, using different amounts depending on how much I want to make. I always make a big batch and freeze in ball jars, so I never buy store bought sauce. Also, I find that a really good sweet onion diced and cooked really slowly with the garlic will eliminate a need for the sugar. Just make sure you do not burn them. Then add the tomatoe products. I usually simmer my sauce for that long to thicken it. A nice slow process which is why I make a big batch and freeze it.
It is what it says it is!!!! Yummy!!!!!! Quick, easy, tasty! Perfect when your in a hurry and want full flavor!! I use home canned tomatoes so I would recommend a good brand of tomatoes....makes all the difference! Also I omit the sugar as home canned don't seem to need it, but I love love love this simple recipe! Ty
Yes very good but...I prefer to use a base pregos or any of them and just add what I want to that...simpler and comes out delicious...
For the reviewer who believes the garlic contributes to bitterness, please use only fresh garlic which is very sweet...the older it gets the more bitter it becomes. I always use garlic and onions, plus oregano.
I make a sauce that is a carbon copy of this, and a couple years ago started adding a pureed roasted red pepper (roasted in olive oil, 425 degrees). It made what was a good, basic sauce, a whole other beast. Robust and flavorful,really upped the sauces game, lol.
need meat,beef,pork,chicken,and lamb, fry up and add to the pot,pour sauce on top mix well ,cook on low heat for two hrs.one hr in add garlic one clove per 32 oz's,and basil one table spoon for every 32 oz's of sauce,and red wine half a cup. let the person add salt to this own dish if they want it.
I couldn't help but add some extra spice to this. 1 tsp dried oregano and 1 tsp dried thyme. I could not find tomato puree so I used tomato sauce and the tomato paste I had was one with garlic in it. I thought it turned out really well but maybe the puree would have added something.
This is a great, basic tomato sauce recipe. Following the suggestions of others, I added some oregano, thyme and a small bay leaf, as well as 1/2 cup of red wine. As the sauce was cooking, I also added a teaspoon of baking soda. It is a little bland by itself over pasta, but would go great with sausage or meatballs. Definitely will keep this as a staple.
Made this recipe today. Way too acidic. Added baking soda, wine and water. Still don't like it. Maybe one less can of puree substituted for diced tomatoes would have been better. Going to continue playing with it until its to my liking.
I used a crockpot, and followed some advice in the comments to use onion (I used about a half of a small one) instead of sugar, and it turned out fantastic.
Really liked....made homemade meatballs and after browning, let them cook in the sauce for several hours Will make again.
I had to skip the tomato puree because I didn't have any on hand. I added a tiny pinch of crushed red pepper. It was delicious! I've been looking for a simple but flavorful spaghetti sauce and this was it! Thank you for sharing!!
This was very good but I think I might have used too much paste and I did use cut up sausage very good
