Forget store-bought tomato sauce and make yours at home in 10 minutes. This homemade tomato sauce is simple, quick, easy and versatile, more importantly, it is packed full of flavour.
Perfect with pasta recipes and equals as a pizza sauce. It is vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free. Let me show you how to make this sauce in simple steps.
Why This Quick Tomato Sauce Is So Good!
- This homemade tomato sauce recipe comes together in 10 minutes and requires minimal ingredients you may already have in the pantry
- It is quick and easy not forgetting delicious
- This tomato sauce is sure better than shop-bought and since it is homemade, you know exactly what is going into it.
- Not only is this quick tomato sauce great with pasta, but it can also be used as a pizza sauce, served with meat or seafood.
- It can be made with fresh or canned tomatoes. This saves you an extra step of blanching and deseeding tomatoes for this sauce.
- You will never go back to store-bought jar of pasta sauce after making this recipe
- It is affordable and cheaper than store-bought jar sauce
Ingredients
Passata: substitute with canned chopped or tomato plum
Tomato paste: This is optional but it helps in enriching the colour and deepens the flavour of the sauce.
Dried basil: substitutes for fresh basil
Dried oregano
Salt
Virgin olive oil
Garlic granules
Onion powder
Variations
Make this spicy by adding some chilli pepper flakes
How To Make Quick Tomato Sauce For Pasta Or Pizza
This is a one-pot recipe and that is why it is my go-to
Step 1: add passata, oregano, basil, onion powder, garlic granules, olive oil and salt into a saucepan and place over medium heat. Mix to combine and simmer for 10 minutes while stirring occasionally so it doesn’t burn or stick to the bottom of the pan.
Step 2: You may use the sauce immediately and use in your pasta dishes or leave to cool completely and use as pizza sauce.
How To Blanch Tomatoes
Not a fan of passata or canned chopped or plum tomatoes? Then this is for you
If using fresh tomatoes, remove the stems and rinse the tomatoes in cool water. Take the tomatoes one at a time, using a knife, make an incision (cross sign) on top of the tomatoes and add to a bowl. Repeat this process on all the tomatoes you would be using.
Bring a kettle of water to a boil.
Carefully pour the hot boiling water on the tomatoes and leave untouched for about 30 seconds. Drain the tomatoes in a colander and rinse under cold water.
Peel the skin off the tomatoes, slice into 2 and de-seed before chopping into chunks. Use chopped tomatoes as desired for this sauce.
Tips For Making This Quick Tomato Sauce
Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to tomato sauce if it is sour, this will balance the acidity in the sauce
Puree or strain for a smooth sauce if you used chopped or plum tomatoes.
This sauce is very easy to make but if you are making a large batch, portion into an individual airtight container or ice trays so it is easy to use as at when needed.
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Quick Homemade Tomato Sauce
Equipment
- saucepan
Ingredients
- 500 g passata: substitute with canned chopped or tomato plum
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste: This is optional but it helps in enriching the colour and deepens the flavour of the sauce.
- 1 teaspoon dried basil: substitutes for fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons virgin olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic granules
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
Instructions
- Add passata, oregano, basil, onion powder, garlic granules, olive oil and salt into a saucepan and place over medium heat. Mix to combine and simmer for 10 minutes while stirring occasionally so it doesn’t burn or stick to the bottom of the pan.
- You may use the sauce immediately and use in your pasta dishes or leave to cool completely and use as pizza sauce.
Notes
Variations
Make this spicy by adding some chilli pepper flakesTips
- Add 1 teaspoon of sugar to tomato sauce if it is sour, this will balance the acidity in the sauce
- Puree or strain for a smooth sauce if you used chopped or plum tomatoes.
- This sauce is very easy to make but if you are making a large batch, portion into an individual airtight container or ice trays so it is easy to use as at when needed.
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