How to make Basic Tomato Sauce Recipe
Delicious Homemade Tomato Sauce. Here is a recipe for a Basic Tomato Sauce made with with onions, garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, bay leaves and seasonings.
This tomato sauce goes really well with this Zucchini Lasagna! Click on the picture to go to the recipe!
This is a very easy and tasty homemade tomato sauce recipe that you can keep in the fridge for one week. It’s always great to have on hand a homemade tomato sauce since it is the foundation for so many wonderful dishes like whole wheat pasta, chicken, fish, meatballs, lasagna, and even vegetables casseroles recipes.
Also you can easily add ground meat, if you wanted, to make a meat sauce as well. Here is a recipe for a basic tomato sauce that starts with onions, garlic, olive oil, tomatoes, bay leaves and seasonings. You will be very pleased with how this sauce will end up. Let the sauce simmer for about 20 or 30 minutes.
But, if you have more time to prepare your dish, I suggest you let the sauce simmer for over an hour because the more you cook it the more flavourful it will become. However, it will be great cooking only for 20 minutes as well. Now, of course I think I don’t even need to mention the juicier the tomatoes the better the sauce will be.
So, let’s go to check the recipe because I am sure you will love this tomato sauce.
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How to make Basic Tomato Sauce
This is a very easy and tasty homemade tomato sauce recipe that you can keep in the fridge for one week.
Ingredients:
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
half onion, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 28oz. can crushed tomatoes with the juice or 1 ¾ pound of fresh tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced
1 tbsp brown sugar
½ tsp dried oregano
2 dry bay leaves
Salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil
Directions:
- In a saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat.
- Add onions and cook 4-5 minutes until they are soft and golden.
- Add garlic and sauté, being careful not to burn.
- Add tomato paste and stir well. Add crushed tomatoes, including the juice in case you are using tomato cans.
- Add brown sugar, dried oregano, dry bay leaves, salt and pepper.
- Cover and bring to a low simmer for 25-30 minutes.
- Finally, remove from the heat, add fresh basil and stir well. Remove the dry bay leaves.
- Adjust the seasoning if you think it is necessary. You can use this delicious sauce in your favorite recipes or you can pour the sauce in a mason jar and keep it in the fridge for about 3 or 4 days or you can freeze for months.
Nutrition Information
Yield: 4, Serving Size: 1/4
- Amount Per Serving:
- Calories: 91
- Total Fat: 4g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Sugar: 8.8g
- Protein: 2.4g
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I’ve always wanted to try making homemade tomato sauce. You make it look so easy in this great tutorial. Can’t wait to try this with my garden tomatoes this summer! Gorgeous photos! 🙂
Thank you, Sarah. You are so sweet. This recipe is definitely easy to make and tasty too. I am sure you will enjoy it 😉
Sounds lovely Olivia, quick question, how much tomato paste is needed…
Thanks for your question, Deb. You will need 2 tbsp tomato paste. Hope you give this recipe a try 😉
How much sauce does this recipe make?
It is about 700ml, Ashley.
I’m excited about canning sauce from the ridiculous number of tomato plants that I am trying to grow this year! I’ll have to try this recipe out. Looks delicious!
I am sure you will love it. Thanks for stopping by 😉
Just want to point out that recipe calls for 1/2 C. fresh parsley that is not included in instructions. Instructions say to add fresh basil – wondering if this is an omission or typo. Might confuse some non-cooks!
It was a typo, Kelley. Thanks for pointing that out. You should add 1tbsp fresh basil when you remove the sauce from the heat, not 1/2c parsley. Any other question, please let me know. Thanks for stopping by!
I see mention of basil. How much should I use? Thanks!
Hi, Kendra. Thanks for your question. You should use 1tbsp fresh basil. I hope you enjoy this recipe 🙂
Hi there- excited to try this recipe. If I have an abundance of tomatoes and wanted to make this in bulk but don’t want to use within the week, is it ok to freeze? Or how do you suggest storing? Thanks heaps xx
Hi, Lyndal. Thanks for your question. Yes, you can freeze it. The sauce you can just thaw in the in the fridge for a day. If you need it right away place the jar in a bowl of warm water and let it thaw. As the sauce thaws pour it into a pan. When you can get it all out reheat the sauce as normal. I have frozen my tomato sauce in glass jars with no problem. Just don’t overfill because the stock expands and pushes the lid out. I also use zip lock. Hope you like this recipe. Thanks!
This is just the kind of recipe I was looking for a few days ago! I am avoiding processed foods and wasn’t sure what spices to use. Thanks for this! BTW, I noticed the recipe called for whole canned tomatoes, but the instructions mentioned crushed tomatoes…Did you mean to crush the whole tomatoes, or to use crushed canned tomatoes?
Hi, Trish. You can use both. I use whole canned tomatoes and I crushed them before adding to the pan. Or you can use crushed canned tomatoes as well. To avoid any confusions I will change it at the instructions. Thanks for your question. I hope you enjoy this recipe.
If you can it correctly-it keeps for three years…
You need to add 1 tbs. sugar to this recipe.
Yes, normally people add 1 tbs sugar to the tomato sauce recipe, but I preferred to avoid sugar so I didn’t. Feel free to add it if you prefer. Thanks for your comment!
This is the best! I just made it and added chopped mushrooms and just a little brown sugar. Definitely will make this again. Thank you!!!
Becky, thanks a lot for your sweet comment. You made me smile 😉
Forgot to rate it….more like a 10 star recipe
Wow thanks Becky! So so happy you enjoyed this recipe 😉
Do you know how many fresh tomato’s would that be, I don’t have a scale. 🙁
It’s about 4 medium tomatoes1
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Can you can this and store in pantry? If so, any additional instructions?
Lindsay, I always freeze my tomato sauce, but I’ve never store it in pantry. But I was reading this tutorial “Tomato Sauce for Canning” and it looks very good. I think it will help you. Thanks for stopping by 😉 http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tomato-sauce-for-canning-recipe.html
This is an absolutely onderful recipe!!! I added a little bit of liquid stevia, and I couldn’t be happier with the way it turned out. Thank you for sharing such a delicious recipe; it tastes so much better than the store-bought brands!
That’s excellent! Happy you liked this recipe and thanks for letting me know that if you add liquid stevia it will taste good too 😉
I have a question. When would you add the ground beef and should you cook and drain it
Hi, Debbe. Sorry this recipe doesn’t call for ground beef. But I have this Italian Sausage with Tomato Sauce that you may like it http://www.primaverakitchen.com/italian-sausage-tomato-sauce/
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I made your tomato sauce recipe last night! We loved it! Thank you so much. This is a real keeper and it didn’t cost me $10.00 for this favorite store bought jar, I favor. “Bon App It”, as my family says! Cheers!
Everything tastes better when it’s homemade.
I love this recipe. It is soooo flavorful and easy to make.
Awesome!
i made your recipe last night…my momma?she love it..thank you for this recipe
That’s excellent! Happy to hear that 😉
SUCH a delicious sauce! So easy and so flavorful. Thanks for sharing!!
That’s awesome! Glad you liked it 😉
I absolutely loved this sauce. Made it as the recipe directed and it is delicious. Thanks for sharing it with us! I was impressed how easy it was to make!!
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Do you have to use the tomato paste? We have a pretty sad looking cabinet right now and don’t want to run to the grocery store… we do have a bounty of large garden tomatoes though!