Multi-purpose Tomato Sauce
- 4 can Canned diced tomatoes
- 1 bulk Garlic (chopped)
- 50 ml Extra virgin olive oil
- 320 grams Caramelized Onions(or use store-bought)
- 3 Soup stock cubes
- 1 1/2 ~ 2 tablespoons Honey
- 1 Salt and pepper
- 1 Dried herbs
- Make"Caramelized Onions".
- It's a method of making caramelized onions that takes less time than the conventional way.
- Put the extra virgin olive oil and garlic in a cold frying pan.
- Be sure to only use low heat, and slowly transfer the fragrance of the garlic to the oil.
- When the garlic turns a light beige color and starts become aromatic, turn the heat off.
- Add the canned tomatoes, soup stock cubes and the caramelized onions from Step 1 to the Step 3 pan and mix well.
- Turn the heat up to medium-high.
- Bring to a boil while mashing the tomatoes with a ladle.
- Turn the heat down to a bit higher than the lowest heat setting.
- The sauce should be just bubbling gently in Step 5.
- Simmer for 1 to 1.5 hours while stirring occasionally.
- This is how the sauce looks after 30 minutes.
- It has thickened slightly, and the level is about 1 cm lower than at the start.
- The sauce is delicious at this stage too, but be patient and keep simmering for another 30 to 60 minutes.
- If it looks like the liquid is reducing too much and may burn, add a little water and keep simmering.
- This is how it looks after 90 minutes have passed.
- This depends on the heat level, but if it has reduced to 2/3rds to a bit more than 1/2 the original volume, it's good.
- The watery sauce has turned very thick and rich.
- If you have the patience, add some water and keep simmering the sauce.
- The more you simmer, the better the sauce will taste.
- Add honey and dried herbs to the sauce and mix well.
- Taste, and add salt and pepper if needed.
- Voila, a garlic-scented, delicious, and proper tomato sauce This tastes much better the day after it's made!
- I always make 2 to 4 times this amount of sauce in a deep pot, and freeze it in batches in zip bags.
- It really comes in handy.
- To make tomato sauce pasta: Put garlic and extra virgin olive oil in a cold frying pan; cook over low heat to bring out the fragrance of the garlic.
- When it smells nice and the garlic has just barely started to color, add bacon or whatever else you want to put in, and cook through.
- To make this an arrabbiata sauce: Put some sliced red chili pepper in the frying pan at Step 15 with the garlic, and cook over low heat.
- Bring 3 liters of water and 2 tablespoons of salt (1% salt water) to a boil and boil the pasta until al dente.
- The saltiness of the cooking water will determine the taste of the pasta dish.
- Add some tomato sauce to the frying pan from Step 16 or 17, along with a scant ladleful of the pasta cooking water per person.
- Add the cooked pasta, toss together over low heat (a bit higher than the lowest setting) and serve.
tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, cubes, honey, salt, herbs
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/146044-multi-purpose-tomato-sauce (may not work)