This sauce is spicy, especially the next day, but the flavor is delicious. We topped it with fresh parmesan - yum.
Basic Tomato Sauce
Photo: Southern Living
Domenica's tip: Use a pasta shape that will capture your sauce, such as penne rigate.
Yield: Makes 2 2/3 cups (serving size: 1/3 cup)
Total:
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Recipe Time
Prep Time:
Total:
30 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 65
- Fat: 3.8g
- Saturated fat: 0.6g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.6g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.6g
- Protein: 1.8g
- Carbohydrate: 7.9g
- Fiber: 2g
- Cholesterol: 0.0mg
- Iron: 1.3mg
- Sodium: 277mg
- Calcium: 38mg
Ingredients
- 4 to 5 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 (28-oz.) can crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Preparation
- 1. Sauté garlic and crushed pepper in hot oil in a large saucepan over medium heat 1 minute. (Do not brown garlic.) Stir in tomatoes and salt. Bring sauce to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes.
Basic Tomato Sauce Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Sauces/Condiments, Side Dishes/Vegetables
- CONVENIENCE: Kid-Friendly, Quick/Easy, 5 Ingredients or Less
- CUISINE: American
- MAIN INGREDIENT: Vegetables
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Carbohydrate, Low Cholesterol, Low Saturated Fat
- PUBLICATION: Southern Living
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