Homemade Italian tomato sauce
With this original Italian recipe, you can create a perfect “Salsa di pomodoro” - in a short time and with just a few ingredients
How do you make the perfect Italian tomato sauce - and which ingredients do you need? There are so many versions of this sauce that it’s not easy to make a decision. In fact, it’s very easy: a really good tomato sauce is created according to the principle “as much as necessary, as little as possible”. That’s why just a few good ingredients will be enough. You need tomatoes, basil, olive oil, garlic and sugar. Find out here how to use these ingredients to create a delicious base sauce for homemade pasta, meat or fish dishes.
Ingredients
1 can ORO di Parma chopped tomatoes. Alternatively, you can also use whole, skinned tomatoes.
1 handful fresh basil leaves
2-3 garlic cloves
3 tbsp. “extra vergine” olive oil
1 pinch salt
1 pinch sugar
Step 1 : The preparation
For your tomato sauce, you should first peel the garlic and cut it into small pieces. Then heat extra virgin olive oil in a saucepan.
Tip
Peel and chop the garlic and heat the olive oil in a pot.
Step 2 : The tomato sauce
Add the ORO di Parma chopped tomatoes to the pot, sugar, salt and the basil leaves and simmer the tomato sauce over medium heat for about 30-40 minutes.
Step 3 : Refining the tomato sauce
Press the tomatoes with a fork or use a blender. Add to the tomato sauce together with the minced garlic and let the homemade tomato sauce simmer again.
Step 4 : The finale
You can now serve the finished tomato sauce warm. For example, homemade pasta, tortellini or meat and fish dishes are suitable.
Ingredients
1 can ORO di Parma chopped tomatoes. Alternatively, you can also use whole, skinned tomatoes.
1 handful fresh basil leaves
2-3 garlic cloves
3 tbsp. “extra vergine” olive oil
1 pinch salt
1 pinch sugar
