Tomato and Basil Pasta Sauce

"Great, cheap and easy pasta sauce for any pasta, can also be used as a base for lasagne, or any tomato pasta sauce."
 
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Ready In:
50mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • use half the oil and gently fry garlic do not let it brown.
  • add the tomatoes, dried basil, bay leaf, mixed herbs, salt and pepper and sugar (this recipe needs between 1/2 - 1 tsp salt to bring out the flavours of the tomatoes.
  • bring to the boil and gently simmer for 20 mins, add the tomato puree and the rest of the oil and simmer for a further 15 mins until the mixture has reduced.
  • If using fresh basil roughly chop and add now.
  • Serve with pasta with grated parmasan cheese and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Variations - button mushrooms, black olives can be added.

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Reviews

  1. Good basic tomato sauce. Made it as stated. Since it was too much for one meal for us I put some in the freezer and a couple of days later we ate it again and then I added more fried onions and mushrooms. Yes, definitely a good basic sauce to which there are lots of things that could be added. Thanks for posting.
     
  2. Very tasty! I took Syd's advice and drained 1 can of tomatoes. Loved the fresh basil in this. I served with Recipe #418080 over bow tie pasta. Made for Spring 2010 PAC.
     
  3. Although I did make a couple of small changes here, I don't think anything was dramatic ~ I did drain one of the cans of tomatoes so that there was less liquid in the sauce, & I also cut the olive oil back to 4 tablesppons! Other than those changes, though I used all the ingredients & the resulting sauce was most satisfying over spaghetti! Thanks for sharing your recipe! [Made & reviewed for one of my adoptees in the current round of Pick A Chef]
     
  4. This is a nice basic sauce, but it turned out to be a little thinner than I expected. I did add mushrooms. I used Italian seasoning for the mixed herbs, and left out the bay leaf because my husband won't touch it. I was a little skeptical about adding the salt, but it immediately improved the flavor of the dish. There are a lot of things you could do with this. Made for Spring 2010 PAC.
     
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Love cooking hot and spicy food - mainly vegetarian recipies from around the world. Hate bland mushy over cooked vegies !!
 
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