Pasta sauce...

[ChubLock]

How do I make my own?

Sounds simple I know...

 

[Lola]

I make mine with a tin of tomatoes, (or sometimes passata sauce) tomato puree, and mixed herbs or oregano, and salt and pepper. Just chuck it all in

I add peppers, onions, and mushrooms to make it nicer and more filling. All no points!

 

[ChubLock]

Fab! Thank you

 

[SammyMac]

Hi

Like Lola above i make my own with tinned tomatoes, and add loads veg - onions, peppers, mushrooms to it i usually add a couple tsp Bouillon powder and to liven up a bit i add just a level tsp Pataks curry paste (Madras with chilli & cumin). Yum!

Also try a tblsp red pesto on your cooked pasta - v. nice

 

[10stonesize10]

I make mine with a tin of tomatoes,onion and garlic
and a handful of fresh basil at the end
its the best.

 

[crimson_noir]

Oxo make an Italian stock cube which I find works well in a tomato sauce, if you find the sauce tastes not quite right (I think the word maybe tart?) you can add a sprinkling of sugar or lemon juice.

 

[Maffie]

I dice red onion, garlic and chilli sweat these off add passta sauce, tomato puree and peppers. I also added oregano (great herb with tomatos. Cook for 20 minutes then blend adding a handful of parsley in at the last minute of cooking.

Can then be used alone or add extra veg for a chunky sauce. Freezable too.

 

[chocolatecat]

I make mine with

1-2 cloves garlic grated
1 jar passata
1 tin chopped tomatoes
herbs of your choice (just ordinary dried mixed herbs works for me)
tsp sugar
2 tbsp tomato puree

et voila!

This goes a very long way as I find if you use a jar, you use far too much sauce.

hth

 

[Lynsey]

Tin of chopped tomatoes (or 4 or 5 of fresh ones)
1 or 2 cloves of garlic (depending on your taste)
handful of fresh basil (or a teaspoon of dried)
a red pepper
a teaspoon of tomato puree
a splash of lemon juice
salt and pepper

i just shove all that in a blender and its really nice

oregano also works nice in addition to the basil!

in fact.... im going to have pasta tonight, it's made me hungry haha!

 

[Paisley88]

Few Ideas

• Passata sauce with onions, grated carrots (for texture). But make sure you cook the passata quite well, maybea low simmer for 5 mins or so, to take the raw taste away from the tomatoes.
• Greek Yoghurt with cucumber and mint sauce and lettuce makes a really nice pasta salad.

Hope this helps.

Xx

 

[Iris]

For extra va-va-voom in the flavour department, make sure you brown your mince (if using) in small batches in a separate pan so you get good colour on it and the sugars in it start to caramelise. Then de-glaze that pan with a good glug of red wine and add the lot to your sauce. Really boosts the flavour.

A very simple vegetarian pasta sauce is chopping up a load of veggies - carrots, plum tomatoes, red onions, leeks, red peppers and adding enough boiling water (with a spoon of vegetable bouillon) to cover them, then letting them simmer over a low heat for about 2 hours until you have what's basically a thick vegetable jam. Incredibly sweet and lusicious, really lovely with pasta.