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Seven Ingredient Tomato Sauce

Rated as 4.22 out of 5 Stars
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"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!"
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Ingredients

3 h 10 m servings 91 cals
Original recipe yields 14 servings (7 cups)

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  1. Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan and cook and stir garlic, being careful not to burn it. Pour in tomato paste and simmer on low for 5 minutes. Add crushed tomatoes, tomato puree, pepper, salt, basil and sugar; stir. Cook on low for three hours, stirring occasionally.
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Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 91 calories; 2.4 g fat; 17.3 g carbohydrates; 3.4 g protein; 0 mg cholesterol; 700 mg sodium. Full nutrition

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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.

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It is a pretty good recipe.not needed and take it out. So is it "7 ingredient" or "9 ingredient" tomato sauce?

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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.

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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 f...

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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.

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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. ...

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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!!!!!

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This is my favorite tomato sauce and it's great as is! Works wonderfully in lasagna and is delicious on its own.

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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 s...

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It is a pretty good recipe.not needed and take it out. So is it "7 ingredient" or "9 ingredient" tomato sauce?

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Love this sauce! I saute diced onion with the garlic as well. I also add some oregano and bay leaves. So yummy!

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