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OXO Product Manager Clementine on our Cleaning team comes back to a homemade tomato sauce recipe over and over again:
I’m a huge fan of making my own quick pasta sauce that I learned when I studied abroad in Italy. It usually doesn’t take more than 20 minutes to throw together, and I think it tastes way better than jarred tomato sauce.
Ingredients
1 16 oz can of crushed tomatoes
1 small to medium-sized onion sliced thinly (depending on how much you like sautéed onions)
1 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes (depending on taste)
2-3 diced garlic cloves
2 tbs olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Pasta
Fresh basil
Extra ingredients (nice to add during the onion sautéing phase but not required):
Chopped bell peppers
Chopped zucchini
Sausage
Instructions
- Bring water to a boil and cook pasta as indicated on the packaging.
- Heat olive oil at medium heat in a saucepan. When it is hot but not smoking add the red pepper flakes. After 30 seconds add the sliced onion. Saute until it softens, about 5 minutes.
- After the onion softens, make a well in the center of the pan. Add a little more olive oil if necessary and add diced garlic. Fry until garlic browns, being careful not to burn the garlic.
- When garlic is browned, add the can of crushed tomatoes. Fill up the can a quarter of the way with water and swirl inside to get the remaining tomatoes out of the can and into the sauce. Mix water and tomatoes thoroughly into the onions and garlic
- Keep the sauce over medium-high heat until it thickens, about 8-10 minutes. Top with fresh basil and salt and pepper to taste. Mix cooked pasta into the sauce and serve.